Metastasis of prostate carcinoma in the mandible manifesting as numb chin syndrome
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Metastasis of prostate carcinoma in the mandible manifesting as numb chin syndrome
BACKGROUND Numb chin syndrome is an uncommon but well-recognized symptom in medical oncology. This condition can be related to metastatic neurological manifestation of malignancy, often with no clinically visible pathology. About 1% of oral cancers, which are located in the soft tissues and jaws, are metastases of primary tumors located elsewhere in the body. The posterior mandible is the most ...
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CLINICAL HISTORY This 67-year-old man was seen in neurological consultation with a 10-day history of numbness and tingling of the right chin which was intermittent for the first 3 days and then constant for one week. The chin could also be intermittently painful with an intensity ranging from 7 to 9/10 especially with chewing. He had no headache, speech disturbance, dysphagia, visual disturbanc...
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Numb chin syndrome reflects an abnormality in the mental nerve or inferior alveolar nerve, or occasionally in a nervous structure located higher up in the body. It manifests as objective and/or subjective sensory disorders in the distribution of the mental nerve or inferior alveolar nerve, represented primarily by half of the lower lip and chin. Although numb chin syndrome falls mainly within t...
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Numb chin syndrome is a sensory neuropathy characterized by numbness involving the distribution of the mental nerve that could be an uncommon manifestation of metastatic malignancy. Bony metastases are common in patients with advanced prostate carcinoma and involving preferentially vertebrae, sternum, pelvic bones, ribs and femurs. We report a case in an 82-year-old man presenting a history of ...
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عنوان ژورنال: World Journal of Surgical Oncology
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1477-7819
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7819-12-401