Bilateral olfactory aplasia: Uncommon cause of congenital anosmia

Olfactory aplasia is an uncommon cause of anosmia, and it should be suspected in young patients with lifelong decreased sense of smell. The aim of this article was to remind readers about this condition that need to be part of the differential diagnosis in similar clinical scenario, to avoid unneces...

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Autores principales: Mahmood, Ashraf Nabeel, Abulaban, Osama, Janjua, Arshad
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6637333/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31360513
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.2218
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description Olfactory aplasia is an uncommon cause of anosmia, and it should be suspected in young patients with lifelong decreased sense of smell. The aim of this article was to remind readers about this condition that need to be part of the differential diagnosis in similar clinical scenario, to avoid unnecessary investigation and overtreatment for these patients.
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spelling pubmed-66373332019-07-29 Bilateral olfactory aplasia: Uncommon cause of congenital anosmia Mahmood, Ashraf Nabeel Abulaban, Osama Janjua, Arshad Clin Case Rep Clinical Images Olfactory aplasia is an uncommon cause of anosmia, and it should be suspected in young patients with lifelong decreased sense of smell. The aim of this article was to remind readers about this condition that need to be part of the differential diagnosis in similar clinical scenario, to avoid unnecessary investigation and overtreatment for these patients. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2019-06-07 /pmc/articles/PMC6637333/ /pubmed/31360513 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.2218 Text en © 2019 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Bilateral olfactory aplasia: Uncommon cause of congenital anosmia
title Bilateral olfactory aplasia: Uncommon cause of congenital anosmia
title_full Bilateral olfactory aplasia: Uncommon cause of congenital anosmia
title_fullStr Bilateral olfactory aplasia: Uncommon cause of congenital anosmia
title_full_unstemmed Bilateral olfactory aplasia: Uncommon cause of congenital anosmia
title_short Bilateral olfactory aplasia: Uncommon cause of congenital anosmia
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6637333/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31360513
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.2218
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