Osteochondromas, the most common benign bone tumor, are typically asymptomatic and discovered incidentally by imaging. Most frequently, osteochondromas occur at the metaphyses of long bones, and rarely involve the head and neck. We report the first case of a symptomatic osteochondroma of the temporal styloid process causing facial nerve paralysis.
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