Numb chin syndrome secondary to Burkitt's cell acute leukemia.
We describe a case of Burkitt's cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia presenting with the bilateral numb chin syndrome as the initial symptom of the disease. Postmortem study of the trigeminal nerve showed heavy infiltrations of leukemic cells and destruction of axon and myelin by leukemic cells in the mandibular nerve.
Kuroda
Y
Y
Department of Internal Medicine, Saga Medical School, Japan.
Fujiyama
F
F
Ohyama
T
T
Watanabe
T
T
Endo
C
C
Neshige
R
R
Kakigi
R
R
D002051:Burkitt Lymphoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D002680:Chin / Q000294:innervation*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008340:Mandibular Nerve / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D012677:Sensation