School of Medicine and Health Sciences Poster Presentations
Diminished Smell in a Teenage Girl
Poster Number
242
Document Type
Poster
Publication Date
3-2016
Abstract
Disorders of smell are rare, particularly in pediatric patients. The most common cause of transient anosmia is nasal obstruction associated with upper respiratory infections. Moreover, nasal polyps, nasal and nasopharyngeal tumors, and enlarged adenoids can cause obstruction of the nasal air circulation and thereby diminish the sense of smell.
Anosmia can often be difficult to confirm, particularly if a pediatric patient has true anosmia. Many children with olfactory dysfunction may not recognize their deficits, or often pretend to smell to please their parents, or prevaricate to attract attention. Moreover, long, complex olfactory tests are impractical owing to the short attention span of some young children, and are further limited because odor concepts require experience with odors that some children have yet to come across.
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Diminished Smell in a Teenage Girl
Disorders of smell are rare, particularly in pediatric patients. The most common cause of transient anosmia is nasal obstruction associated with upper respiratory infections. Moreover, nasal polyps, nasal and nasopharyngeal tumors, and enlarged adenoids can cause obstruction of the nasal air circulation and thereby diminish the sense of smell.
Anosmia can often be difficult to confirm, particularly if a pediatric patient has true anosmia. Many children with olfactory dysfunction may not recognize their deficits, or often pretend to smell to please their parents, or prevaricate to attract attention. Moreover, long, complex olfactory tests are impractical owing to the short attention span of some young children, and are further limited because odor concepts require experience with odors that some children have yet to come across.
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Presented at: GW Research Days 2016