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To the Editor: With regard to Dr. Lynch's discussion (July 14 issue)¹ of the case of a 41-year-old woman with a lytic jaw mass, lymphadenopathy, splenomegaly, and a multifocal neurologic disorder, the patient's reports of numbness and impaired sensation on the right side of the chin is typical of mental neuropathy, also known as the numb chin syndrome. This clinical presentation, combined with the finding of a lytic jaw lesion, suggests that the chin numbness resulted from local involvement of the inferior alveolar nerve or the mental nerve.

This uncommon cranial neuropathy is mostly associated with neoplastic disorders.² Its appearance . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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