RESUMO
Se describe el caso de un paciente que consultó por hipoestesia mentoniana que en el curso evolutivo resultó ser secundario a un carcinoma de pulmón. Los procesos linfoproliferativos, el cáncer de mama y el de pulmón son los procesos neoplásicos que más frecuentemente se asocian con neuropatía mentoniana. La presencia de una neuropatía mentoniana, lejos de ser considerada un síntoma "banal", debe alertar al clínico de la presencia de cáncer e iniciar su búsqueda de forma inmediata (AU)
This issue decribe the clinical picture of a man who consulted by hypoanaesthesia in the chin area that was secondary to a lung cancer. The most common primary cancers associated with mental neuropathy are haematological malignancies, breast and lung cancers. The presence o mental neuropathy must not be considered an banal symptom. It should be quickly recognised in order to research the presence of cancer (AU)
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Idoso , Masculino , Humanos , Queixo , Hipestesia , Neoplasias PulmonaresRESUMO
This issue describe the clinical picture of a man who consulted by hypoanaesthesia in the chin area that was secondary to a lung cancer. The most common primary cancers associated with mental neuropathy are haematological malignancies, breast and lung cancers. The presence o mental neuropathy must not be considered an "banal" symptom. It should be quickly recognised in order to research the presence of cancer.