This is a report detailing the successful treatment of a case of anosmia with acupuncture. The patient was managed conventionally for two years with no sign of improvement. She regained the sense of smell following one session of acupuncture. Such patients should be investigated for any detectable organic cause prior to treatment with acupuncture.

OBJECTIVES Head trauma is a common cause of anosmia, but diagnosis is typically late, owing to more life-threatening sequelae of the injury. Herein, we describe our workup for a case of traumatic anosmia and the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings both at the time of injury and at the 18-month follow-up. METHODS We present a case report and a review of the literature. RESULTS A 33-yea...

We present a patient with congenital anosmia.The coronal T2-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed absence of the olfactory bulbs on both sides.We propose that conventional MRI may alert the clinician to the possibility of a congenital olfactory dysfunction. INTRODUCTION The common causes of olfactory dysfunction include allergic rhinitis, chronic rhinosinusitis, and upper respiratory...

We report a rare case of schwannoma of the sinonasal cavity, presenting with epistaxis and anosmia.

Anosmia adalah ketidakmampuan untuk merasakan bau atau aroma. Ini bisa bersifat sementara permanen dan didapat bawaan. Salah satu penyebabnya penyumbatan mekanis yang mencegah mencapai saraf penciuman dapat menyebabkan hilangnya indra penciuman. Penyumbatan ini disebabkan oleh proses inflamasi seperti infeksi sederhana sumbatan lendir polip hidung. Pada era pandemi virus Covid-19, memiliki kece...