Numb chin syndrome (NCS): causes
Evidence-based neurology checklist on numb chin syndrome (ncs): causes: Malignant causes Leptomeningeal carcinomatosis Mandibular metastases: with compression of the inferior alveolar or mental nerve Skull base metastases: involving the trigeminal nerve root Perineural tumour infiltration of…
Malignant causes
- Leptomeningeal carcinomatosis
- Mandibular metastases: with compression of the inferior alveolar or mental nerve
- Skull base metastases: involving the trigeminal nerve root
- Perineural tumour infiltration of trigeminal nerve complex
Non-malignant dental causes
Non-malignant medical causes
Non-malignant neurological causes
Frequent primary tumours
Synonyms
References
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- Fusi-Schmidhauser T, Bardelli D. Spontaneous osteonecrosis of the jaw during bisphosphonate therapy: an unusual etiology of the numb chin syndrome. J Pain Palliat Care Pharmacother 2016; 30:206-209.
- Zadik Y, Benoliel R, Fleissig Y, Casap N. Painful trigeminal neuropathy induced by oral bisphosphonate-related osteonecrosis of the jaw: a new etiology for the numb-chin syndrome. Quintessence Int 2012; 43:97-104.
- LaBan MM, Wang AM, Chrisman A, Lenger A. "Numb chin" syndrome: mental nerve mononeuropathy resulting from a synovial temporomandibular cyst. Am J Phys Med Rehabil 2015; 94:e65.
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