کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
3167736 1199377 2010 4 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Recovery from long-lasting post-tonsillectomy dysgeusia
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم پزشکی و سلامت پزشکی و دندانپزشکی دندانپزشکی، جراحی دهان و پزشکی
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Recovery from long-lasting post-tonsillectomy dysgeusia
چکیده انگلیسی

Transient post-tonsillectomy taste dysgeusia (PTD) is a common complaint. Long-lasting PTD is less frequent but has significant consequences on patients' quality of life, with some cases leading to medicolegal issues. Treatment options and knowledge about mechanisms and factors favoring PTD are limited. PTD may result from direct surgical injury, tongue compression, inflammatory processes or side effects of local anesthetics. Some authors also claim that dietary zinc deficiency plays a role in the development of PTD. Although this latter cause had not yet received a lot of attention, we report a case of a female patient who reported a 4-year PTD and recovered within 2 months after oral intake of zinc sulfate. This clinical observation, together with recent findings on significant improvement of taste disorders after zinc treatments for other causes, opens again the question of what extent zinc deficiency plays a role in PTD.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology, and Endodontology - Volume 109, Issue 1, January 2010, Pages e11–e14
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