[Numbness of the chin as a paraneoplastic syndrome].
A 60-year-old woman consulted a medical specialist for numbness of the chin. A bilateral mental nerve affection was found. A PET-scan with fluodeoxyglucose revealed a localised process in the right thyroid gland. She was operated for a localised thyroid cancer. At follow-up, 6 years later, she was in good health without any symptoms apart from numbness of the chin.
Rogojan
Cornelia
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Neurologisk Afdeling, Glostrup Hospital, DK-2600 Glostrup.
Tfelt-Hansen
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D018265:Carcinoma, Papillary, Follicular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D002680:Chin; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D006987:Hypesthesia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010257:Paraneoplastic Syndromes / Q000175:diagnosis*; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery