[Chin numbness as initial manifestation of systemic cancer].
This issue describe the clinical picture of a man who consulted by hypoanaesthesia in the chin area that was secondary to a lung cancer. The most common primary cancers associated with mental neuropathy are haematological malignancies, breast and lung cancers. The presence o mental neuropathy must not be considered an "banal" symptom. It should be quickly recognised in order to research the presence of cancer.
Montero Pérez
F J
FJ
Centro de Salud El Higuerón, Zona Básica de Occidente, Distrito Sanitario de Córdoba, Córdoba. javiermo@telefonica.net
González
N Maira
NM
Oria Pino
A
A
Luna Morales
S
S
Cosano Santiago
J M
JM
del Campo Vázquez
P
P
D000368:Aged; D002680:Chin; D006801:Humans; D006987:Hypesthesia / Q000209:etiology*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male