title: Bilateral mental nerve neuropathy in an adolescent during sickle cell crises.
abstract: Mental nerve neuropathy causes the "numb chin" syndrome and is usually associated with mandibular bone injury or disease in adults. It has been reported in adults during sickle cell crises. We describe a 15-year-old boy who developed bilateral mental nerve neuropathies during a sickle cell crisis. This case is unusual because of the simultaneous bilateral involvement and because of the age.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS 39216, USA.
authors.forename: Elwaseila
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hamdoun
authors.forename: Lamar
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.forename: Sara Jane
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: McCrary
authors.forename: Neva Penton
authors.initials: NP
authors.lastname: Eklund
authors.forename: Owen B
authors.initials: OB
authors.lastname: Evans
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000755:Anemia, Sickle Cell / Q000150:complications*; D002680:Chin / Q000294:innervation; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008340:Mandibular Nerve; D011115:Polyneuropathies / Q000150:complications*