Chondromyxoid fibroma of the temporal bone: A case report and review of the literature

Table 1 Summary of published cases of chondromyxoid fibroma in temporal bones

Ref.	Location	Age/gender	Neurological symptoms/ abnormalities on physical examination	Treatment	Follow-up outcome
Oh et al[5]	Left mastoid, extending into left external auditory cannal	38/F	Hearing loss	Complete resection	Persistent conductive hearing loss
Sharma et al[6]	Left temporal region in the floor of the middle cranial fossa	12/F	Headache and left-sided otalgia	Complete resection	Completely relived
Gupta et al[7]	Left mastoid, eroding left bony canal of the facial nerve	42/M	Right-sided otalgia	NA	NA
Ozek et al[8]	Left petrous apex and left cerebellopontine angle	17/M	Headache, diplopia, left VI and VII cranial nerve paralysis and hearing loss	Subtotally resection	Mild left facial palsy and hearing loss
Thompson et al[3]	Left mastoid, eroding the left mastoid portion of the facial nerve canal	32/F	Left facial nerve paralysis	Complete resection	NA
Otto et al[9]	Right mastoid, eroding the posterior fossa plate	58/F	Vertigo and syncope	Complete resection	No evidence of recurrence 6 mo after operation
Tarhan et al[1]	Left temporal bone, tympanic region	44/F	Left facial pain	Complete resection	NA
Suzuki et al[10]	Left squamous temporal bone	49/M	Visual disturbance with right homonymous upper quadrantanopia	Preoperative embolization and resection	NA
Patino-Cordoba et al[11]	Left mastoid, eroding the external auditory canal	20/M	Hearing loss	Complete resection	NA
LeMay et al[4]	Left mastoid	22/M	Headache and left-sided otalgia	Resection via left temporal craniotomy	Persistent conductive hearing loss
Maruyama et al[12]	Right petrous temporal bone, extending into the jugular foramen	67/M	Right bulbar palsy, right facial palsy, complete right-sided hearing loss and trigeminal hypoesthesia	Incomplete resection due to jugular foramen involvement	Resolution of all cranial neuropathies except hearing loss and hoarseness
Kitamura et al[13]	Left mastoid, extending into the occipital bone and invading the foramen magnum and jugular foramen	48/M	Left aural fullness, tinnitus and transient dizziness	Staged resections (1 yr apart) secondary to bleeding	No recurrence 2 yr after first procedure
Frank et al[14]	Left petrous apex, extending into the sphenoid sinus, clinoid process, sella, cavernous sinus and retrosellar area	26/M	Diplopia and abducens nerve paresis	Complete resection	Resolution of abducens palsy

NA: Not available.