title: Primary middle-ear lymphoma in a child.
abstract: The case of a five year old boy who presented with a lower motor neurone facial nerve palsy secondary to primary non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) of the middle ear is discussed. Any child who presents with a facial nerve palsy and conductive hearing loss requires thorough evaluation to exclude the possibility of temporal bone malignancy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
authors.forename: Emer E
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Lang
authors.forename: Rory M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Walsh
authors.forename: Mary
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Leader
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D004428:Ear Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D004432:Ear, Middle / Q000473:pathology; D005158:Facial Paralysis / Q000209:etiology*; D006314:Hearing Loss, Conductive / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D016393:Lymphoma, B-Cell / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed