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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
12
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-7-29
pubmed:abstractText
A 26-year-old woman had an 8-year history of phantosmia in her left nostril. The phantosmia could be eliminated by nostril occlusion or cocainization of the olfactory epithelium on the involved side. Because her symptoms and testing suggested a peripheral problem, a full-thickness "plug" of olfactory epithelium from under the cribriform plate (including all the fila olfactoria) was excised. At 5 weeks postoperatively, the phantosmia was completely gone, and her olfactory ability had returned to preoperative levels. Either the removal of abnormal peripheral olfactory neurons from the nose or the interruption of incoming signals to the olfactory bulb eliminated the phantosmia. This form of therapy for phantosmia offers an alternative to more radical procedures such as olfactory bulbectomy and may offer a significant sparing of olfactory ability.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0886-4470
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
117
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1402-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
Successful treatment of phantosmia with preservation of olfaction.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Otolaryngology, State University of New York Health Science Center, Syracuse.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Case Reports