title: [Facial paralysis of metastatic origin. Review of metastatic lesions of the temporal bone].
abstract: Metastatic lesions in temporal bone were rare in the past but are increasing, it seems, nowadays. We present the case of a women patient which first and only metastatic symptom was her peripheral facial paralysis. In our review of world literature of this topic only 148 published cases were found. Tumors more frequently spreading to temporal bone, in decreasing order of development, are those of the breast, lungs, kidney, stomach and prostate. Clinically these metastases become manifest by hypoacusy, buzzing ears, body unbalance, vertigo and facial palsy. The prognosis of these disorders are related to the serverity of the systemic disease.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Otorrinolaringología, Hospital Universitario Germans Trias i Pujol.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Miró Castillo
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Roca-Ribas Serdà
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Barnadas Molins
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Prades Martí
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Casamitjana Claramunt
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Perelló Scherdel
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D003528:Carcinoma, Adenoid Cystic / Q000473:pathology; D003390:Cranial Nerve Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000556:secondary*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005155:Facial Nerve Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D005158:Facial Paralysis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008875:Middle Aged; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*