TY - JOUR
T1 - Parosmia and Neurological Disorders
T2 - A Neglected Association
AU - Ciurleo, Rosella
AU - De Salvo, Simona
AU - Bonanno, Lilla
AU - Marino, Silvia
AU - Bramanti, Placido
AU - Caminiti, Fabrizia
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Copyright © 2020 Ciurleo, De Salvo, Bonanno, Marino, Bramanti and Caminiti.
Copyright:
Copyright 2020 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2020/11/9
Y1 - 2020/11/9
N2 - Parosmia is a distorted olfactory sensation in the presence of an odor. This olfactory disorder can affect the quality of life of most patients who experience it. Qualitative olfactory dysfunctions, such as parosmia and phantosmia, may be clinical conditions secondary to neurological diseases. The incidence of parosmia is underestimated, as well as its association with neurological diseases, due to poor self-reporting of patients and lack of objective methods for its measure. In this paper, we show selected clinical cases of parosmia associated with neurological disorders, such as traumatic brain injury and multiple sclerosis. These clinical cases show how the correct diagnosis of parosmia can represent the tip of the iceberg of important underlying neurological disorders and be a good prognostic indicator of their progression or recovery.
AB - Parosmia is a distorted olfactory sensation in the presence of an odor. This olfactory disorder can affect the quality of life of most patients who experience it. Qualitative olfactory dysfunctions, such as parosmia and phantosmia, may be clinical conditions secondary to neurological diseases. The incidence of parosmia is underestimated, as well as its association with neurological diseases, due to poor self-reporting of patients and lack of objective methods for its measure. In this paper, we show selected clinical cases of parosmia associated with neurological disorders, such as traumatic brain injury and multiple sclerosis. These clinical cases show how the correct diagnosis of parosmia can represent the tip of the iceberg of important underlying neurological disorders and be a good prognostic indicator of their progression or recovery.
KW - epilepsy
KW - mesial temporal sclerosis (MTS)
KW - multiple sclerosis
KW - parosmia
KW - sniffin sticks test
KW - traumatic brain injury
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U2 - 10.3389/fneur.2020.543275
DO - 10.3389/fneur.2020.543275
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85096601814
VL - 11
JO - Frontiers in Neurology
JF - Frontiers in Neurology
SN - 1664-2295
M1 - 543275
ER -