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ArticleInternational forum of allergy & rhinology2019

Nasal thallium-201 uptake in patients with parosmia with and without hyposmia after upper respiratory tract infection.

Hideaki Shiga, Koichi Okuda, Junichi Taki, Naoto Watanabe, Hisao Tonami, Seigo Kinuya, Takaki Miwa

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Article in International forum of allergy & rhinology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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Hideaki ShigaDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Kanazawa Medical University, Ishikawa, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-7218-154X
Koichi OkudaDepartment of Physics, Kanazawa Medical University, Ishikawa, Japan.
Junichi TakiDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kanazawa University, Ishikawa, Japan.
Naoto WatanabeDepartment of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Radiology, Kanazawa Medical University, Ishikawa, Japan.
Hisao TonamiDepartment of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Radiology, Kanazawa Medical University, Ishikawa, Japan.
Seigo KinuyaDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kanazawa University, Ishikawa, Japan.
Takaki MiwaDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Kanazawa Medical University, Ishikawa, Japan.
Kanazawa Medical University · JPKanazawa University · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundIn this study, we aimed to determine whether nasal thallium-201 uptake of the olfactory cleft and olfactory bulb (OB) differs between patients with parosmia with and without hyposmia after upper respiratory tract infection (URTI).

methodsTwenty patients with parosmia after URTI were enrolled in this study (15 women and 5 men, 28 to 76 years old). Nasally administered thallium-201 migration to the OB, nasal thallium-201 uptake ratio in the olfactory cleft, and OB volume were determined in 10 patients with normal T&T olfactometry (Daiichi Yakuhin Sangyo, Tokyo, Japan) odor recognition thresholds (≤2.0) who still complained of parosmia (parosmia group), and 10 patients with T&T odor recognition thresholds >2.0 (parosmia and hyposmia group).

resultsThe nasal thallium-201 uptake ratio in the olfactory cleft was significantly higher in the parosmia group than in the parosmia and hyposmia group (p = 0.0015). Thallium-201 migration to the OB was not significantly different between the 2 groups (p = 0.31). The OB volume was significantly larger in the parosmia group than that in the parosmia and hyposmia group (p = 0.029); however, the mean OB volume in both the groups was lower than the normal threshold value in healthy individuals.

conclusionOur results signify the recovery of the olfactory epithelium; however, the olfactory neural projections to the OB and regeneration of OB were not complete in patients with parosmia with normal T&T recognition thresholds after URTI.

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AdultAgedFemaleHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleMiddle AgedOlfaction DisordersOlfactometryOlfactory BulbOlfactory NerveRadionuclide ImagingRespiratory Tract InfectionsSmellThallium RadioisotopesThallium-201Thallium Radioisotopeshyposmiamagnetic resonance imagingmolecular imagingnasal turbinatenuclear medicineodor recognition thresholdolfactionsensory systemssingle-photon emission computed tomography

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