
Evaluation of a Patient with the Numb Chin Syndrome
Purpose: | To evaluate a patient with the numb chin syndrome. |
Specialty: | Otolaryngology Hematology Oncology |
Objective: | criteria for diagnosis, severity, prognosis, stage |
ICD-10: | G51 |
Description: | The numb chin syndrome occurs when there is injury to the inferior alveolar or mental nerves. It results in numbness with or without paresthesias over the chin and the left or right side of the mandible. It may be the presenting symptom for an occult malignancy. |
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