[Loss of smell and taste within the scope of vitamin B 12 deficiency].
The article deals with the case of a patient who had a partial gastrectomy and developed a vitamin B12 deficiency syndrome with anemia, myelopathy and complete loss of the senses of taste and smell. Regression of the symptoms followed liberal dosing with vitamin B12.
Mundt
B
B
Neurologische Klinik des Bezirkskrankenhauses Stralsund, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität, Greifswald.
Krakowsky
G
G
Röder
H
H
Werner
E
E
D000328:Adult; D000370:Ageusia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005743:Gastrectomy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D000857:Olfaction Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D013651:Taste Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014805:Vitamin B 12 / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014806:Vitamin B 12 Deficiency / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy
D014805:Vitamin B 12
Geruchs- und Geschmacksverlust im Rahmen eines Vitamin-B12-Mangel-Syndroms.