1. Numb chin syndrome as a manifestation of jaw metastasis diagnosed in a bone scan.
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Noriega E, Sabaté-Llobera A, Benítez A, Martínez GA, Rodríguez-Rubio J, and Mora J
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- Bone Neoplasms diagnostic imaging, Bone Neoplasms secondary, Carcinoma complications, Carcinoma diagnostic imaging, Carcinoma, Transitional Cell diagnostic imaging, Carcinoma, Transitional Cell pathology, Fatal Outcome, Humans, Lung Neoplasms diagnostic imaging, Lung Neoplasms pathology, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Mandibular Neoplasms complications, Mandibular Neoplasms diagnostic imaging, Middle Aged, Neoplasms, Multiple Primary diagnostic imaging, Radiopharmaceuticals analysis, Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography Computed Tomography, Syndrome, Technetium Tc 99m Medronate analogs & derivatives, Technetium Tc 99m Medronate analysis, Tomography, X-Ray Computed, Urinary Bladder Neoplasms diagnostic imaging, Urinary Bladder Neoplasms pathology, Carcinoma secondary, Chin innervation, Hypesthesia etiology, Mandibular Neoplasms secondary
- Abstract
In many cases, numb chin syndrome (NCS) may represent a banal pathology. However, as it can be associated with malignant processes, its presence should alert the clinician of a possible occult disease. In patients already diagnosed with cancer, it often represents an ominous sign that indicates poor prognosis, due to the rapid progress of the disease. The case is presented of a 62-year-old man diagnosed with synchronous lung and bladder cancer, who suddenly complained of numbness in the chin. The bone scan confirmed the suspicion of metastastic bone disease, and the patient died two months after the appearance of this sign., (Copyright © 2015 Elsevier España, S.L.U. y SEMNIM. All rights reserved.)
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- 2016
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