Cancer
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Between August 1972 and March 1981, ten patients with metastatic breast cancer presented to M. D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute at Houston Medical Breast Clinic with cranial nerve palsies (incidence, 0.13%). ⋯ None of the patients had evidence of intracranial disease. The most frequently affected cranial nerves were V and VII, with 70% and 60% of patients having palsies of these nerves respectively. The estimated median survival of the patients from time of onset of cranial nerve palsy was 20 months; the palsies improved in 50% of patients who received regional therapy.