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| Year : 2010 |
Volume
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Numb chin syndrome: A case report and review of the literature
Jeevan Lata, Pramod Kumar
Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Punjab Govt. Dental College & Hospital, Amritsar - 143 001, India
Correspondence Address:
Pramod Kumar
Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Punjab Govt. Dental College & Hospital, Amritsar - 143 001
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0970-9290.62795
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Numbness of the lower lip, the skin of the chin, or the gingiva of the lower anterior teeth secondary to various dental diseases is a common manifestation that is largely underappreciated. The association of numb chin syndrome (NCS) with serious disease like metastatic malignancy and systemic conditions is frequent enough to warrant a search for these possible etiologies. In this paper we report a case of NCS that occurred secondary to malignant disease; we discuss our findings with special emphasis on metastatic malignancies leading to NCS, when the survival is only for a few months. |
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