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. 2022 Feb 9;279(7):3257–3267. doi: 10.1007/s00405-022-07290-1

Table 3.

Clinical data on lesion evaluation and distribution and exposure to cocaine in the included studies

References Lesion distribution evaluation method Described lesions Cocaine use duration (y) Cocaine use frequency Cocaine use status (active or ceased)
Alexandrakis et al. [17] CE (n = 7); CT or MRI (n = 4) SP and NLDO (n = 7); medial orbital wall destruction (n = 4); extensive ethmoid destruction (n = 2); medial rectus muscle-enveloping mass (n = 2); inferior turbinate destruction (n = 5); middle turbinate destruction (n = 2) Median 12, IQR 5.5, range 5–20 n/a n/a
Armengot et al. [18] NE and CT (n = 2) SP (n = 2), PP and bilateral maxillary sinus destruction (n = 1) n/a n/a n/a
Businco et al. [1] NE and CT (n = 11) SP (n = 11) n/a n/a n/a
Colletti et al. [19] CE (n = 4), CT (n = 1) SP and PP (n = 4), IT destruction (n = 2), maxillary palatine process, maxillary sinus walls and ethmoid sinus destruction (n = 1) 5; 9; 10; 10 n/a Active (n = 1); ceased (n = 3)
Colletti et al. [4] CT (n = 4) SP and PP (n = 4), lateral nasal wall destruction (n = 2) 5; 9; 10; 10 n/a Active (n = 1); ceased (n = 3)
Green et al. [20] CE (n = 8), CT (n = 3) SP (n = 8) n/a n/a Active (n = 3); ceased (n = 5)
Lanzillotta et al. [21] NE (n = 3), CT (n = 3), MRI (n = n/a) SP and IT destruction (n = 3), PP (n = 2) n/a n/a n/a
Kuriloff and Kimmelman [3] CE (n = 5), CT (n = 3) SP (n = 4) IT destruction (n = 2), PP (n = 1), ethmoid destruction (n = 1) 2 (n = 1), undefined (n = 4) n.a Active (n = 1), not reported (n = 4)
Marí et al. [2] CE and CT (n = 3) SP and PP (n = 3); IT destruction (n = 1) 4; n/a; n/a Twice a week; n/a; n/a Active (n = 1); ceased (n = 2)
Medina et al. [22] CT (n = 11) SP (n = 11), PP (n = 1), maxillary sinus wall destruction (n = 1) n/a n/a Active (n = 11)
Plaza et al. [23] n/a SP (n = 3) n/a n/a n/a
Sercarz et al. [24] CT (n = 1) SP (n = 5), ethmoid sinus destruction (n = 3), maxillary sinus and skull base destruction (n = 1) 4 (n = 1), undefined (n = 4) Once or more a week Ceased (n = 1), not reported (n = 4)
Subesinghe et al. [25] n/a SP (n = 6), PP (n = 1) Median 10, IQR 4, range 6–12 n/a n/a
Trimarchi et al. [10] CE and NE (n = 18), MRI (n = 11), CT (n = 5) SP and IT destruction (n = 18), lateral nasal wall destruction (n = 3), PP (n = 5), orbital pseudotumor (n = 2), middle turbinate destruction (n = 10), superior turbinate erosion (n = 2), lamina papyracea erosion (n = 1), nasal floor erosion (n = 1) 6 (n = 1), 8 (n = 1), range 2–30 (n = 8), irregular use (n = 1); unreliable patient reporting (n = 7) n/a n/a
Trimarchi et al. [26] CE and NE (n = 25), undefined radiological evaluation (n = N/A) SP (n = 25), IT destruction (n = 16), PP (n = 6) Range 2–30 n/a n/a
Trimarchi et al. [12] CE and NE (n = 10), CT (n = 7), MRI (n = 3) SP, PP and IT destruction, middle turbinate destruction (n = 7), superior turbinate destruction (n = 1); medial maxillary sinus wall destruction (n = 1) Range 2–30 n/a n.a
Walton et al. [27] n/a SP (n = 2) 3 y; n/a n/a Ceased (n = 1), not reported (n = 1)

Cocaine use duration is reported as median ± interquartile range (minimum–maximum) unless otherwise stated; for studies with 4 or fewer subjects individual durations are reported

CE clinical evaluation, CT computed tomography, MRI magnetic resonance imaging, NE nasal endoscopy, n/a not available, SP septal perforation, NLDO nasolacrimal duct obstruction, PP palatal perforation, IT inferior turbinate, IQR interquartile range