Taste Disorders
10.1055/b-0034-86799 Taste Disorders Patients presenting with taste complaints may in fact have olfactory dysfunction with abnormal flavor perception due to the loss of retronasal olfaction. With loss of flavor, a…
Workup and Therapeutic Options
10.1055/b-0034-86798 Workup and Therapeutic Options Clinical History A detailed history should include the duration and degree of olfactory loss and an inquiry in the status of chemosensory ability prior to…
Clinical Olfactory Disorders
10.1055/b-0034-86797 Clinical Olfactory Disorders Olfactory disorders can be classified as either the loss of ability to detect odorants or the distortion of odors and are classified as “-osmias.” Anosmia refers…
Anatomy of the Olfactory System
10.1055/b-0034-86796 Anatomy of the Olfactory System The olfactory epithelium resides in an area of a few square centimeters in the superior nasal cavity on the cribriform plate, upper septum, and…
