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Distribution of cases, age, gender, and side (N = 48)* |
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| Classification |
N (%) |
Age† |
♀/♂ |
Right/Left |
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| Primary |
25 (52) |
57 (33 to 82) |
13/12 |
12/13 |
| Secondary |
23 (48) |
- |
14/9 |
9/14 |
| postoperative |
9 (19) |
39 (16 to 56) |
5/4 |
4/5 |
| postinflammatory |
5 (10) |
48 (17 to 63) |
3/2 |
1/4 |
| postirradiatory |
7 (15) |
56 (32 to 66) |
5/2 |
3/4 |
| posttraumatic |
2 (4) |
16 (15 to 17) |
1/1 |
1/1 |
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* Two patients with primary and one patient with postirradiatory EECC had bilateral disease † mean (range) | ||||
Owen et al. BMC Ear, Nose and Throat Disorders 2006 6:16 doi:10.1186/1472-6815-6-16 |
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