title: Dysgeusia and cholesteatoma.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe an individual with cholesteatoma whose sole presenting symptom was dysgeusia.
  
  
  METHODS
  Case report.
  
  
  METHODS
  A retrospective review of an individual presenting with dysgeusia without any hearing loss, otorrhea, or imbalance who was found to have chronic otitis media with cholesteatoma.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Surgical exploration confirmed the presence of cholesteatoma and identified an intact but attenuated chorda tympani nerve. The dysgeusia persisted after surgery.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The anatomical course of the chorda tympani and the usual routes of expansion of cholesteatoma sacs indicates a higher incidence of dysgeusia with cholesteatoma. Further elucidation is necessary to determine the true incidence of this complaint with cholesteatoma.
authors.affiliation: Wilson Ear Clinic, Portland, OR, USA. galbey@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Harold H
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Edsel U
authors.initials: EU
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: David F
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Wilson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D018424:Cholesteatoma, Middle Ear / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D002814:Chorda Tympani Nerve / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004408:Dysgeusia / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010033:Otitis Media / Q000150:complications; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed