Metastatic
temporal bone tumors are
rare diseases and they are usually clinically asymptomatic, so it is difficult to
diagnose them.
Breasts are the most common sites of
temporal bone metastasis.
Tumors of
lung,
kidney,
gastrointestinal tract,
prostate gland,
larynx and
thyroid gland are the other sites. The pathogenesis of the
temporal bone is most commonly related to the hematogenous route. We present the case of a 78-year-old man with
facial paralysis combined with severe
otalgia. This
patient was initially diagnosed with
Bell's palsy. However, based on the radiologic findings, the
patient was diagnosed with
lung cancer with
temporal bone metastasis.