Journal of Oral Medicine and Pain

Korean Academy of Orofacial Pain and Oral Medicine (대한안면통증구강내과학회)
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A Case Report of Numb Chin Syndrome with Facial Pain Caused by Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma

미만성 큰 B-세포 림프종에 의해 발생한 안면 통증을 동반한 Numb Chin Syndrome 증례

  • Jung, Jae-Kwang (Department of Oral Medicine, School of Dentistry, Kyungpook National University) ;
  • Hur, Yun-Kyung (Department of Oral Medicine, School of Dentistry, Kyungpook National University) ;
  • Choi, Jae-Kap (Department of Oral Medicine, School of Dentistry, Kyungpook National University)
  • 정재광 (경북대학교 치의학전문대학원 구강내과학교실) ;
  • 허윤경 (경북대학교 치의학전문대학원 구강내과학교실) ;
  • 최재갑 (경북대학교 치의학전문대학원 구강내과학교실)
  • Received : 2011.11.07
  • Accepted : 2011.12.06
  • Published : 2011.12.30
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Abstract

Numb chin syndrome, is a rare neuropathy, characterized by facial and oral numbness restricted to the distribution of the mental nerve. Even though this neuropathy is uncommon, but this still has an important clinical meaning because it can be related with a malignancy. Because orofacial symptoms can even present the first clinical feature of a malignancy, dentists should pay careful attention to their meaning and importance to detect the malignant tumor early. Moreover, patients who present with a sudden numbness on chin should be investigated for the undiagnosed malignancy. In this report, we described a patient with stabbing orofacial pain and numbness of chin who was diagnosed with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma and placed the importance on the diagnosis of NCS.

Numb chin syndrome (NCS)은 드문 신경병증으로 이신경이 지배하는 구강안면 영역의 감각둔화를 특징으로 한다. 이러한 신경병증은 비록 드물지만 악성종양과의 관련성 때문에 임상적으로 중요한 의의를 지닌다. 심지어 이러한 구강안면의 증상이 악성종양의 첫 번째 증상으로 나타나는 경우도 있기 때문에 악성종양의 조기발견을 위해서 치과의사의 특별한 관심이 요구된다. 따라서 특별한 원인 없이 이부의 감각마비를 호소하는 경우에는 진단되지 않은 악성종양의 존재 가능성을 염두에 두어야 하며, 이에 대한 조사가 필요하다. 저자들은 구강안면부에서 갑자기 발생한 찌르는 것 같은 통증과 하악 이부 부위의 감각마비를 주소로 경북대학교병원 구강내과에 내원한 환자가 미만성 큰 B-세포 림프종으로 진단된 사례를 보고하는 바이며, 이를 통해서 NCS 진단의 중요성을 강조하고자 한다.

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