Table 2.

Review of the English literature on sinonasal tract mucoepidermoid carcinoma [16–31]

Characteristics	Mucoepidermoid carcinoma
Total: N = 19a
Genderb
Women	7
Men	11
Age (in years)b
Range	40–83
Mean	61
Women (mean)	61
Men (mean)	59
Symptom duration (in months)b
Range	0.5–12
Mean	6.2
Women (mean)	7.0
Men (mean)	4.8
Symptoms at presentationb,c
Mass, facial swelling	11
Obstructive symptoms	8
Pain	7
Drainage, discharge, crusting, bleeding	6
Headaches	5
Nerve changes (paralysis, palsy, paresthesias, numbness, dysphagia, trismus, tingling)	4
Other (proptosis, ptosis, fistula, saddle nose, diplopia)	5
Locationb
Mixed (more than one anatomic site)	10
Maxillary sinus only	4
Nasal cavity only	3
Ethmoid sinus only	2
Lateralityb
Right	8
Left	6
Bilateral	1
Midline	1
Tumor grade
Grade 1 (low-grade)	5
Grade 2 (intermediate-grade)	5
Grade 3 (high-grade)	9
Tumor stage
Stage 1	4
Stage 2	4
Stage 3	4
Stage 4	7
All patients with follow-up (n = 15) (mean years of survival)
Follow-up range	0.5–6
Alive, no evidence of disease (n = 7)	2.7
Alive, with disease (n = 4)	2.5
Dead, no evidence of disease (n = 1)	6.0
Dead, with disease (n = 3)	2.1
Alive/Dead, no evidence of disease (n = 8)	3.1
Alive/Dead, with disease (n = 7)	2.3
Patients with recurrence (n = 8)	3.0
Patients without recurrence (n = 6)	2.8

^aThis table does not include the series reported in this study

^bParameter was not stated in all cases

^cPatients may have experienced more than one symptom