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KMID : 0355220110360040253
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Journal of Korean Academy Oral Medicine
2011 Volume.36 No. 4 p.253 ~ p.259
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A Case Report of Numb Chin Syndrome with Facial Pain Caused by Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma
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Jung Jae-Kwang
Hur Yun-Kyung
Choi Jae-Kap
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Abstract
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Numb chin syndrome, is a rare neuropathy, characterized by facial and oral numbness restricted to the distribution of the mental nerve. Even though this neuropathy is uncommon, but this still has an important clinical meaning because it can be related with a malignancy. Because orofacial symptoms can even present the first clinical feature of a malignancy, dentists should pay careful attention to their meaning and importance to detect the malignant tumor early. Moreover, patients who present with a sudden numbness on chin should be investigated for the undiagnosed malignancy. In this report, we described a patient with stabbing orofacial pain and numbness of chin who was diagnosed with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma and placed the importance on the diagnosis of NCS
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KEYWORD
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Numb chin syndrome, Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, numbness, orofacial pain
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