Table 2.
Clinical characteristic of 146 extracranial meningiomas
| Clinical characteristics | N = 146 |
|---|---|
| Gender | |
| Females | 74 |
| Ear and temporal bone | 25 |
| Nasal cavity and nasopharynx | 19 |
| Other (soft tissue, neck) | 8 |
| Skin—scalp | 22 |
| Males | 72 |
| Ear and temporal bone | 13 |
| Nasal cavity and nasopharynx | 16 |
| Other (soft tissue, neck) | 6 |
| Skin—scalp | 37 |
| Age (in years) | |
| Range | 0.25–88 |
| Ear and temporal bone | 10–80 |
| Nasal cavity and nasopharynx | 4–88 |
| Other (soft tissue, neck) | 9–71 |
| Skin—scalp | 0.3–84 |
| Mean | 42.4 |
| Females | 45.6 |
| Males | 39.6 |
| Ear and Temporal bone | 50.1 |
| Females | 51.6 |
| Males | 47.2 |
| Nasal cavity and nasopharynx | 47.1 |
| Females | 51.4 |
| Males | 42.1 |
| Other (soft tissue, neck) | 35.6 |
| Females | 31.0 |
| Males | 42.0 |
| Skin—scalp | 36.2 |
| Females | 39.0 |
| Males | 34.5 |
| Symptom duration (in months) | |
| Range | 0.5–240 |
| Mean | 27.1 |
| Females (mean) | 27.0 |
| Males (mean) | 27.3 |