A Clinical Study of Dysosmia

Abstract

We reviewed 87 cases of dysosmia treated at the Department of Otolaryngology, Hiroshima University Hospital during the five years and five months from May 1998 to October 2003. Of the 87 patients,34 were male and 53 female. The ages of the patients ranged from 12 to 83 years, with a mean age of 56.3 years. Distribution of the diseases causing dysosmia was as follows: 32 cases of viral infection,15of sinusitis,8 of head trauma,6 of allergic rhinitis,3 drug-induced and 32 of unknown origin.
Treatment was mainly based on a topical nose drop with triamcinolone acetonide or 0.15 % betamethasone.
The improvement rate analysed revealis complete recovery in 9.2%, improvement in 33.3%, slightly improvement in 41.3% and no change in 16.2%.