Table 5.

Review of literature combined with current cases [9, 14–34]

Characteristics	Number (39)
Gender
Females	12
Males	26
Age (in years)
Range	8–82
Mean	46.8
Women (mean)	42.6
Men (mean)	48.8
Symptoms*
Duration (range, in months)	0.3–96
Duration (mean, in months)	9.8
Epistaxis	20
Obstructive symptoms	18
Nasal discharge	5
Anatomic site
Nasal cavity alone	14
Paranasal sinus alone	10
Combination of sinuses & nasal cavity	14
Size (cm)*
Range	0.7–8
Mean	3.9
Female (mean)	6.0
Male (mean)	2.9
Paranasal sinus alone	6.8
Nasal cavity	2.2
Combination of sinuses & nasal cavity	4.4
Patient survival (mean, months)
A, NED	21 (47)
A, D	1 (2.0)
D, NED	3 (187)
D, D	14 (18.2)

* Not reported for all cases; A, NED: Alive, No Evidence of Disease; A, D: Alive, with disease; D, NED: Dead, No Evidence of Disease; D, D: Dead of Disease