Mental nerve paresthesia secondary to sickle-cell crisis.
Two individual cases in which mental nerve paresthesia developed concurrently with sickle-cell crisis are described. A brief review of the hemoglobinopathies follows, with genetic considerations and clinical manifestations discussed.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000755:Anemia, Sickle Cell / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006454:Hemoglobins / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D008046:Lip / Q000294:innervation; D008297:Male; D008340:Mandibular Nerve; D010292:Paresthesia / Q000209:etiology*; D013789:Thalassemia / Q000150:complications; D014633:Valine / Q000032:analysis
D006454:Hemoglobins; D014633:Valine