Application of unilateral olfactory testing and clinical analysis of unilateral hyposmia / 中华耳鼻咽喉头颈外科杂志
Chinese Journal of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery
; (12): 945-947, 2012.
Article
in Chinese
| WPRIM (Western Pacific)
| ID: wpr-262439
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ABSTRACT
<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To investigate whether patients presenting with self-reported olfactory disorders demonstrates significant side difference in odour recognition by measuring separately for each nostril.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>One hundred and four patients with chief complaint of hyposmia were evaluated by medical history, physical examination, T&T olfactory testing and medical imaging. Smell was tested using T&T olfactometry in each nostril separately.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>Based on the history and results from the clinical examination, unilateral sinonasal diseases and abnormal nasal structure were excluded. In almost one eighth of all presenting patients (13.46%), a side difference was detected. Especially, six of the patients were identified with lateralized hyposmia.</p><p><b>CONCLUSIONS</b>Olfactory testing could be performed in each nostril separately. The above findings suggested that testing each nostril separately was necessary so as not to miss unilateral hyposmia as a special clinical manifestation of olfactory disorder.</p>
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Health context:
SDG3 - Health and Well-Being
Health problem:
Target 3.2: Reduce avoidable death in newborns and children under 5
Database:
WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Physiology
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Sensory Receptor Cells
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Smell
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Olfactory Mucosa
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Diagnosis
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Olfaction Disorders
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Aged
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Child
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Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
Chinese
Journal:
Chinese Journal of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery
Year:
2012
Document type:
Article