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Mental neuropathy from systemic cancer.

Publication ,  Journal Article
Massey, EW; Moore, J; Schold, SC
Published in: Neurology
October 1981

Nineteen patients with mental neuropathy secondary to systemic cancer are described. In nine patients, the numb chin was the presenting symptom of a neoplasm. Nine patients had lymphoreticular malignancies, and the others had a variety of solid tumors. Radiograms of the mandible were abnormal in 5 of 12 patients. The cerebrospinal fluid contained malignant cells in two. Resolution, complete or partial, occurred in 16 of 19 patients receiving radiation or chemotherapy, including 8 who received chemotherapy alone. Sixteen of the 19 patients died within 17 months of the onset of the neuropathy. A nontraumatic mental neuropathy should initiate a search for cancer.

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Published In

Neurology

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ISSN

0028-3878

Publication Date

October 1981

Volume

31

Issue

10

Start / End Page

1277 / 1281

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Peripheral Nervous System Diseases
  • Neurology & Neurosurgery
  • Neoplasms
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Hypesthesia
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Chin
  • Aged
 

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Massey, E. W., Moore, J., & Schold, S. C. (1981). Mental neuropathy from systemic cancer. Neurology, 31(10), 1277–1281. https://doi.org/10.1212/wnl.31.10.1277
Massey, E. W., J. Moore, and S. C. Schold. “Mental neuropathy from systemic cancer.Neurology 31, no. 10 (October 1981): 1277–81. https://doi.org/10.1212/wnl.31.10.1277.
Massey EW, Moore J, Schold SC. Mental neuropathy from systemic cancer. Neurology. 1981 Oct;31(10):1277–81.
Massey, E. W., et al. “Mental neuropathy from systemic cancer.Neurology, vol. 31, no. 10, Oct. 1981, pp. 1277–81. Pubmed, doi:10.1212/wnl.31.10.1277.
Massey EW, Moore J, Schold SC. Mental neuropathy from systemic cancer. Neurology. 1981 Oct;31(10):1277–1281.

Published In

Neurology

DOI

ISSN

0028-3878

Publication Date

October 1981

Volume

31

Issue

10

Start / End Page

1277 / 1281

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Peripheral Nervous System Diseases
  • Neurology & Neurosurgery
  • Neoplasms
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Hypesthesia
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Chin
  • Aged