Euosmia: A rare form of parosmia
2005; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 126; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1080/00016480510043954
ISSN1651-2251
AutoresBasile N. Landis, Johannes Frasnelli, Thomas Hummel,
Tópico(s)Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques
ResumoThe nature of qualitative olfactory disorders such as phantosmia and parosmia is a matter of debate. Parosmia and phantosmia mainly occur in combination with post-traumatic or post-infectious olfactory loss. Rare causes of these disorders such as brain tumors, side-effects of drugs, paraneoplastic syndromes, psychiatric disorders or intracerebral haemorrhage have been reported. Parosmias are distorted sensations of smell elicited by an odor, whereas phantosmias persist permanently or occur without the presence of an odor source. Phantosmias differ widely in terms of their nature. In contrast, parosmias always seem to be unpleasant. We report the case of a female with post-infectious hyposmia who reported a pleasant parosmia to selected odorants. We have called this rare clinical presentation euosmia.
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