Table 1 Patients’ characteristics
Variable (total no of cases; n = 55) | n (%) |
|---|---|
Age | |
Mean age ± SD (range) in years | 24 ± 7 (17–66) |
Sex | |
Female | 50 (91%) |
Male | 5 (9%) |
Presentation | |
Mass | 49 (89%) |
Mass and pain | 6 (11%) |
No of resections prior to definitive treatment | |
1 resection | 10 (18%) |
2 resections | 21 (38%) |
3 resections | 17 (31%) |
> 3 resections | 7 (13%) |
Duration between initial presentation and RT | |
Mean duration ± SD (range) in months | 71 ± 43 (19–180) |
Referral hospital | |
Internal referral | 33 (60%) |
External referral | 22 (40%) |
Involved ear | |
Rt ear | 32 (58%) |
Lt ear | 23 (42%) |
Current clinical status | |
Free | 49 (89%) |
Recurrent | 6 (11%) |
Treatment used before RT | |
Surgery alone | 7 (13%) |
Surgery and steroid injection | 48 (87%) |
Size | |
0.0–1.0 cm | 4 (7.3%) |
> 1.0–1.5 cm | 20 (36.4%) |
> 1.5–2.0 cm | 9 (16.3%) |
> 2.0–4.0 cm | 17 (31%) |
> 4.0 cm | 5 (9%) |