Sphenoid Sinus Diseases: A Review of 1,442 Patients

Table 2

Characteristics of the infection/inflammation and tumor groups.

	Infection/inflammation; 98 patients	Tumor; 24 patients
Mean age, years (SD); 95% CI	55.4 (±17.2); 51.98, 58.89	49.5 (±20.8); 40.66, 58.26
Female : male ratio	57 (58.2%) : 41 (41.8%)	15 (62.5%) : 9 (37.5%)	0.818
Symptoms (% among all patients)
Headache (63.9%)	63 (64.3%)	15 (62.5%)	1.000
Visual loss (35.3%)	30 (30.6%)	13 (54.2%)	0.055
Facial pain (31.2%)	24 (24.5%)	6 (25.0%)	1.000
Rhinorrhea (24.6%)	36 (36.7%)	2 (8.3%)	0.006
Diplopia (18.9%)	17 (17.4%)	6 (25.0%)	0.392
Fever (16.4%)	20 (20.4%)	0	0.012
Meningeal sign (4.9%)	6 (6.1%)	0	0.597
Positive nasal endoscopy (38.5%)	39 (39.8%)	8 (33.3%)	0.644

SD: standard deviation, CI: confidence interval; exact test, : -test.