Numb chin syndrome as a manifestation of non-small cell lung cancer
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Unusual presentation of ‘numb chin syndrome’ as the manifestation of metastatic adenocarcinoma of the lung☆
INTRODUCTION Numb chin syndrome (NCS) is the presence of hypoaesthesia or paraethesia of the lip and chin over the distribution of the mental nerve. It is often caused by the presence of a metastatic tumour in the mandible or the base of skull and represents advanced malignancy. PRESENTATION OF CASE This paper presents an unusual case of NCS associated with metastatic adenocarcinoma of the lu...
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عنوان ژورنال: South Asian Journal of Cancer
سال: 2013
ISSN: 2278-330X,2278-4306
DOI: 10.4103/2278-330x.119919