Sudden deafness and facial palsy from metastatic bronchogenic carcinoma

Facial Nerve Palsy: An Unusual Presenting Feature of Small Cell Lung Cancer

“…There are several cases of lung cancer presenting with facial paralysis in the English literature [8, 9, 10]. Most of these cases were adenocarcinoma, 2 of them were squamous cell carcinoma, 1 of them was small cell carcinoma and in 1 of them, cellular type was not reported.…”

“…Bergstrom et al [8] presented a patient with bilateral deafness and facial paralysis who was diagnosed with bronchogenic carcinoma with metastases to the dura mater, brain stem, pons, cerebellopontine angle and the 3rd, 6th, 7th and 8th cranial nerves. The tumor caused bilateral corrosion on the internal acoustic meatus and invaded the right facial, acoustic and glossopharyngeal nerves.…”

Temporal bone involvement by prostatic adenocarcinoma: Report of two cases and review of the literature

“…However, in a few cases, like our second case, the presentation anteceded recognition of the primary tumor. [13][14][15][16] The osseous metastatic propensity of prostatic carcinoma is well known, and it is not unusual in this disease for bone metastases to become symptomatic before there is any recognition of the primary 1esi0n.l~ The most common osseous metastatic sites of prostatic carcinoma are the spine, sacrum, and pelvis.18 Of the 9 previously reported cases of metastasis to the temporal bone,4 a detailed clinical history is available for 5 (Table l). [19][20][21][22][23] In 3 of the 5 patients, the initial prostatic cancer presentation was the symp-toms related to the temporal bone metastasis.…”

Ear-Related Issues in Patients with Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma

“…NPC manifesting as sensorineural hearing loss is rare (Bergstrom et al, 1977). It can be the result of the tumor affecting the cochlear nerve but it seldom affects the cochlea because of the tough otic capsule (Pringle et al, 1993).…”