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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Autores principales: Wu, Lei, Zheng, Yifan, Zhou, Zhou, Liu, Yanmei, Zhang, Weixi, Wu, Qi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017
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Neuroscience
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5526228/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28790964
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2017.00343
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author Wu, Lei
Zheng, Yifan
Zhou, Zhou
Liu, Yanmei
Zhang, Weixi
Wu, Qi
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description 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 known progressive malignancy should always be performed. Here, we report a case of salivary ductal adenocarcinoma that mimicked a pulpitis and periodontitis in its early presentation accompanied by numbness of chin. The course and diagnosis of this case are discussed, and a brief review of the literature is presented. It is hoped for clinicians to keep the malignant possibility of NCS in mind and take a thorough examination.
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spelling pubmed-55262282017-08-08 Numb Chin Syndrome Leading to a Diagnosis of Salivary Ductal Adenocarcinoma: A Case Report and Review of the Literature Wu, Lei Zheng, Yifan Zhou, Zhou Liu, Yanmei Zhang, Weixi Wu, Qi Front Neurol Neuroscience 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 known progressive malignancy should always be performed. Here, we report a case of salivary ductal adenocarcinoma that mimicked a pulpitis and periodontitis in its early presentation accompanied by numbness of chin. The course and diagnosis of this case are discussed, and a brief review of the literature is presented. It is hoped for clinicians to keep the malignant possibility of NCS in mind and take a thorough examination. Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-07-25 /pmc/articles/PMC5526228/ /pubmed/28790964 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2017.00343 Text en Copyright © 2017 Wu, Zheng, Zhou, Liu, Zhang and Wu. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
spellingShingle Neuroscience
Wu, Lei
Zheng, Yifan
Zhou, Zhou
Liu, Yanmei
Zhang, Weixi
Wu, Qi
Numb Chin Syndrome Leading to a Diagnosis of Salivary Ductal Adenocarcinoma: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
title Numb Chin Syndrome Leading to a Diagnosis of Salivary Ductal Adenocarcinoma: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
title_full Numb Chin Syndrome Leading to a Diagnosis of Salivary Ductal Adenocarcinoma: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
title_fullStr Numb Chin Syndrome Leading to a Diagnosis of Salivary Ductal Adenocarcinoma: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
title_full_unstemmed Numb Chin Syndrome Leading to a Diagnosis of Salivary Ductal Adenocarcinoma: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
title_short Numb Chin Syndrome Leading to a Diagnosis of Salivary Ductal Adenocarcinoma: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
title_sort numb chin syndrome leading to a diagnosis of salivary ductal adenocarcinoma: a case report and review of the literature
topic Neuroscience
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5526228/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28790964
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2017.00343
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