Cases of two patients whose food aversions disappeared following severe traumatic brain injury

Brain Inj. 1998 Aug;12(8):709-13. doi: 10.1080/026990598122278.

Abstract

Following traumatic brain injury (TBI) the complete disappearance of food aversions was observed in the cases of two patients. In one of the cases, a young female, this change in her food aversion was manifested several months after the TBI, from the time when she was able to eat normally. The other patient, a young man, exhibited the disappearance of his food aversion immediately after recovery from his unconscious state following TBI. These results indicate that the disappearance of food aversions was a consequence of TBI.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Anorexia / etiology
  • Anorexia / physiopathology*
  • Appetite
  • Brain Injuries / complications
  • Brain Injuries / diagnostic imaging
  • Brain Injuries / pathology
  • Brain Injuries / physiopathology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Taste Disorders / complications
  • Taste Disorders / diagnostic imaging
  • Taste Disorders / pathology
  • Taste Disorders / physiopathology*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed