tetano
Editor, Senior Moderator
Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol
. 2020 Oct 24;139:110469.
doi: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2020.110469. Online ahead of print.
Olfactory bulb magnetic resonance imaging in SARS-CoV-2-induced anosmia in pediatric cases
Nevin Hatipoglu[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Zahide Mine Yazici[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Figen Palabiyik[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Filiz Gulustan[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Ibrahim Sayin[SUP] 4 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
In this paper, we report three cases of pediatric patients with COVID-19 infection who presented with different symptoms and also anosmia and/or ageusia. The common feature of these 3 patients is that the smell and / or taste disorder developed without nasal symptoms such as nasal congestion, nasal obstruction or rhinorrhea. Although 40% of anosmies contains viral etiologies, COVID- 19 differs from other viral anosmies by the lack of nasal congestion and runny nose. Coronaviruses could invade the brain via the cribriform plate close to the olfactory bulb and the olfactory epithelium. We may expect some structural changes in the olfactory bulb so we evaluated our patient with cranial imaging.
. 2020 Oct 24;139:110469.
doi: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2020.110469. Online ahead of print.
Olfactory bulb magnetic resonance imaging in SARS-CoV-2-induced anosmia in pediatric cases
Nevin Hatipoglu[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Zahide Mine Yazici[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Figen Palabiyik[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Filiz Gulustan[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Ibrahim Sayin[SUP] 4 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 33120100
- DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2020.110469
Abstract
In this paper, we report three cases of pediatric patients with COVID-19 infection who presented with different symptoms and also anosmia and/or ageusia. The common feature of these 3 patients is that the smell and / or taste disorder developed without nasal symptoms such as nasal congestion, nasal obstruction or rhinorrhea. Although 40% of anosmies contains viral etiologies, COVID- 19 differs from other viral anosmies by the lack of nasal congestion and runny nose. Coronaviruses could invade the brain via the cribriform plate close to the olfactory bulb and the olfactory epithelium. We may expect some structural changes in the olfactory bulb so we evaluated our patient with cranial imaging.