Neuroimaging the Development of Olfactory Function in a Woman With No Olfactory Bulbs

JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2024 Jan 1;150(1):81-83. doi: 10.1001/jamaoto.2023.3667.

Authors

Vanda Faria^{1

2

3}, Akshita Joshi¹, Coralie Mignot¹, Divesh Thaploo¹, Susanne Weise¹, Thomas Hummel¹

Affiliations

¹ Smell and Taste Clinic, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Technical University Dresden, Dresden, Germany.
² Department of Psychology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
³ Brain and Eye Pain Imaging Lab, Pain and Affective Neuroscience Center, Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.

PMID: 38032618
DOI: 10.1001/jamaoto.2023.3667

No abstract available

Plain language summary

This case report describes a woman with lifelong anosmia in her 20s who presented with the acquisition of unpleasant olfactory phantoms.

MeSH terms

Female
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Neuroimaging
Olfaction Disorders* / etiology
Olfactory Bulb* / diagnostic imaging