Table 1 Site of CSF leaks in temporal bone in various studies—table adapted and modified from study by Nadaraja et al. [8]
Study author | Year | Age | Gender | Side affected | Defect site |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Schuknecht et al. [4] | 1982 | 53 | Female | Left | Between superior petrosal and sigmoid venous sinus |
Luessen et al. [5] | 2004 | 64 | Male | Right | Posterior fossa plate |
Luessen et al. [5] | 2004 | 57 | Female | Left | Trautmann area |
Rao et al. [6] | 2005 | 75 | Female | Right | Medial to Sigmoid sinus |
Lee et al. [7] | 2008 | 41 | Male | Left | Bilateral defects, left greater than right |
Nadaraja et al. [8] | 2011 | 68 | Female | Right | Superior to the endolymphatic sac |
Nadaraja et al. [8] | 2011 | 37 | Female | Right | Large defect from sigmoid sinus to posterior semicircular canal |
Moreira et al. [9] | 2021 | 42 | Male | Right | Multiple small tegmen tympani and mastoid defects |