Anosmia following superior turbinate resection.
Nasal polyposis is a chronic inflammatory disease of the sinus mucosa responsible for, among other symptoms, alteration of the sense of smell in a considerable percentage of patients. One of the aims of surgical treatment is the recuperation of the sense of smell, especially in patients with good preoperative indicators suggesting a possible favorable outcome. The purposes of this brief clinical report are to present the case of a patient with nasal polyposis who developed anosmia after a bilateral endoscopic functional ethmoidectomy with inadvertent resection of both superior turbinates, and to discuss briefly the possible physiopathological mechanisms that could explain it.
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R Luisa Neto Jorge, 4450 Leça da Palmeira, Portugal. gusmaria23@hotmail.com
Jankowski
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D000328:Adult; D005004:Ethmoid Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009298:Nasal Polyps / Q000601:surgery; D000857:Olfaction Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014420:Turbinates / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*