title: [Classification and definition of smell and taste disorders].
abstract: The smell and taste disorders are defined in terms due to two principles - the type and site of lesion. The quantitative dysosmias (anosmia, hyposmia, hyperosmia) correspond to the quantitative dysgeusias (ageusia, hypogeusia, hypergeusia) and the qualitative dysosmias (parosmia, pseudo-osmia, phantosmia, agnosmia) correspond to the qualitative dysgeusias (parageusia, pseudogeusia, phantogeusia, agnogeusia). Due to the site of lesion we can differentiate between respiratory, epithelial, combined, neural, and central dysosmias as well as epithelial, neural, and central dysgeusias. Typical examples are demonstrated, denying other classifications and terms as not precisely enough or negligible ones.
authors.affiliation: Klinik und Poliklinik für Hals-, Nasen.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fikentscher
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gudziol
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Roseburg
mesh_terms: D000370:Ageusia / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004408:Dysgeusia / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D000857:Olfaction Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis; D012903:Smell; D013651:Taste Disorders / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis
vernacular_title: Einteilung und Begriffsbestimmung der Riech- und Schmeckstörungen.