title: [Chin numbness as initial manifestation of systemic cancer].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Salud El Higuerón, Zona Básica de Occidente, Distrito Sanitario de Córdoba, Córdoba. javiermo@telefonica.net
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Montero Pérez
authors.forename: N Maira
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: González
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Oria Pino
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Luna Morales
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Cosano Santiago
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: del Campo Vázquez
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002680:Chin; D006801:Humans; D006987:Hypesthesia / Q000209:etiology*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male