Orofacial pain and numb chin syndrome as the presenting symptoms of a metastatic prostate cancer.
We describe a patient with orofacial pain as the presenting symptom caused by a mandibular metastasis from a previously undiagnosed cancer of the prostate. This possibility should be considered in the differential diagnosis of male patients presenting with orofacial pain.
Gaver
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Department of Family Medicine, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel. gaver@bezeqint.net
Polliack
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G
Pilo
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R
Hertz
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M
Kitai
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E
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000556:secondary*; D000368:Aged; D005157:Facial Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008339:Mandibular Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*