Orofacial pain and numb chin syndrome as the presenting symptoms of a metastatic prostate cancer

Journal of Postgraduate Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 283-284

  Gaver, Anat ^b   Polliack, G ^a   Pilo, R ^a   Hertz, M ^a   Kitai, E ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Mandible metastasis; Orofacial pain; Prostate carcinoma

Indexed keywords

FLUTAMIDE; GOSERELIN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHIN; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FACE PAIN; HUMAN; JAW CANCER; MALE; METASTASIS; MOUTH DISEASE; PROSTATE CANCER; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; FACIAL PAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MANDIBULAR NEOPLASMS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0036820342     PISSN: 00223859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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