Proposed classification scheme for quantitative olfactory function alterations

Citation
Lm. Gil-carcedo et al., Proposed classification scheme for quantitative olfactory function alterations, OTO H N SUR, 121(6), 1999, pp. 820-825
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Otolaryngology
Journal title
OTOLARYNGOLOGY-HEAD AND NECK SURGERY
ISSN journal
01945998 → ACNP
Volume
121
Issue
6
Year of publication
1999
Pages
820 - 825
Database
ISI
SICI code
0194-5998(199912)121:6<820:PCSFQO>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
Given the need for a clinical classification far daily patient examinations to refer to each type of quantitative alteration in the sense of smell, we have created a topographic classification of such alterations, establishin g groups to distinguish among patients with decreased or total loss of olfa ction. Because the classification is based on the diagnosis of the differen t causes of anosmia, it implicitly includes etiologic and topographic consi derations. We have established 3 main groups on the basis of the site of th e causal lesion: conduction, sensorineural, and mixed anosmias. In addition , within the sensorineural anosmias, we distinguish between the epithelial, retroepithelial, and central anosmias.