Numb Chin Syndrome Leading to a Diagnosis of Salivary Ductal Adenocarcinoma: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Numb Chin Syndrome Leading to a Diagnosis of Salivary Ductal Adenocarcinoma: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Numb chin syndrome (NCS) refers to a rare sensory neuropathy characterized by numbness of the chin within the distribution of the mental or inferior alveolar nerve. Although NCS is usually caused by a benign process, it should not be underestimated and a thorough diagnostic evaluation for a new or k...

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Main Authors: Lei Wu, Yifan Zheng, Zhou Zhou, Yanmei Liu, Weixi Zhang, Qi Wu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Neurology
Subjects:
numb chin syndrome
mental nerve neuropathy
metastatic tumor of mandible
malignant
salivary carcinoma
salivary ductal adenocarcinoma
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fneur.2017.00343/full

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