TABLE 1:

Patients with pathologically proven perineural tumor spread along the auriculotemporal nerve

Patient No.	Diagnosis	Cranial Nerve Palsy	Symptoms	Involvement					Additional Imaging Findings
Patient No.	Diagnosis	Cranial Nerve Palsy	Symptoms	Facial Nerve Main Trunk	Auriculotemporal Nerve	Cranial Nerve V	Skull Base	Intracranial	Additional Imaging Findings
1	Poorly differentiated adenoid cystic carcinoma	VII palsy at presentation, V₃ palsy 10 mo later	Otalgia	Yes	Yes	Suspected	No	No	None
2	Moderately differentiated squamous cell carcinoma	VII palsy at presentation	Face swelling, preauricular pain	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	None
3	Adenoid cystic carcinoma	VII palsy for 2 y, pain in V₃ distribution for 1 y	Periauricular pain for 1 y	Yes	Yes	Yes	Unknown	Unknown	None
4	Unknown	Right VII palsy at presentation	Preauricular swelling	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Involvement of infratemporal fossa
5	Well-differentiated squamous cell carcinoma	VII palsy at presentation	Preauricular pain and swelling	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes, 16 mo after initial diagnosis	Yes, 16 mo after initial diagnosis	Involvement of infratemporal fossa
6	Malignant schwannoma	VII palsy at presentation, V₂ palsy for 16 y	Intermittent diplopia	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Involvement of V₂
7	Mucoepidermoid carcinoma	VII palsy at presentation	Mass posterior to left jaw	No	Yes	No	No	No	None