Would you offer intensive CNS prophylaxis to Ph negative B-ALL patients who have possible mandibular nerve involvement on MRI face?
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Medical Oncology · University of Washington
I would be inclined to treat this patient according to the CNS3 schedule of CNS-directed prophylaxis.
Mental nerve neuropathy (or "numb chin syndrome," a rather pedestrian-sounding term for which I cannot take credit) can be a sign of leptomeningeal disease, presumably due to more focal involvement a...