Parosmia

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Luke Rusowicz-Orazem, B.S.

Overview

Parosmia a subjective perception of odors that are non-existent.

Causes

Life Threatening Causes

• Aneurysm
• Aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage
• Esthesioneuroblastomas
• Hiv infection
• Olfactory meningioma
• Olfactory neuroblastoma
• Nasal tumour

• Western equine encephalitis

Common Causes

• Alzheimer disease
• Aneurysm
• Aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage
• Aura of an epileptic seizure
• Cortical lesions
• Down's syndrome
• Empyema of nasal sinuses
• Esthesioneuroblastomas
• Hallucination
• Huntington's chorea
• Intracranial space-occupying lesion
• Olfactory neuroblastoma
• Paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis
• Parkinson's disease
• Pernicious anemia
• Pick's disease
• Pseudotumor cerebri
• Refsum disease
• Rud syndrome
• Schizophrenia
• Shy-drager syndrome
• Tabes dorsalis
• Temporal lobectomy
• Western equine encephalitis

Causes by Organ System

Cardiovascular	No underlying causes
Chemical/Poisoning	Ammonia, Cadmium dust, Chromate, Formaldehyde, Hydrogen sulfide, Methacrylate vapors, Nickel dust, Organic solvent exposure, Solvents, Sulfuric acid
Dental	No underlying causes
Dermatologic	Paget's disease
Drug Side Effect	Ace inhibitors, Antithyroid drugs, Benzene, Beta blockers, Dihydropyridine, Flurbiprofen
Ear Nose Throat	Cleft palate, Nasal polyps, Nasal tumour, Olfactory meningioma, Paget's disease , Septal deformity, Sjögren's syndrome
Endocrine	Antithyroid drugs, Kallmann syndrome, Pellagra, Pseudohypoparathyroidism type 1a
Environmental	No underlying causes
Gastroenterologic	No underlying causes
Genetic	Charge syndrome, Kallmann syndrome, Klinefelter's syndrome, Sclerosteosis
Hematologic	Aneurysm , Aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage, Diabetes mellitus, Pernicious anemia
Iatrogenic	Hemodialysis
Infectious Disease	Herpes virus infection, Hiv infection, Influenza, Viral infection, Viral rhinitis
Musculoskeletal/Orthopedic	No underlying causes
Neurologic	Alzheimer disease, Aneurysm , Aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage, Aura of an epileptic seizure, Cortical lesions, Down's syndrome, Empyema of nasal sinuses, Esthesioneuroblastomas, Hallucination, Huntington's chorea, Intracranial space-occupying lesion, Olfactory neuroblastoma, Paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis, Parkinson's disease, Pick's disease , Pseudotumor cerebri, Refsum disease, Rud syndrome, Schizophrenia, Shy-drager syndrome, Tabes dorsalis, Temporal lobectomy, Western equine encephalitis
Nutritional/Metabolic	Diabetes mellitus, Malnutrition, Refsum disease, Vitamin deficiency, Zinc deficiency
Obstetric/Gynecologic	No underlying causes
Oncologic	Esthesioneuroblastomas, Nasal polyps, Nasal tumour, Olfactory meningioma, Olfactory neuroblastoma, Paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis, Pseudotumor cerebri
Ophthalmologic	No underlying causes
Overdose/Toxicity	No underlying causes
Psychiatric	Hallucination, Korsakoff's psychosis
Pulmonary	Empyema of nasal sinuses
Renal/Electrolyte	Hemodialysis
Rheumatology/Immunology/Allergy	Allergic rhinitis, Atrophic rhinitis, Chronic rhinitis, Viral rhinitis
Sexual	Herpes virus infection, Hiv infection
Trauma	Head trauma, Septal deformity
Urologic	No underlying causes
Miscellaneous	Idiopathic

Causes in Alphabetical Order

• Ace inhibitors
• Allergic rhinitis
• Alzheimer disease
• Ammonia
• Aneurysm
• Aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage
• Antithyroid drugs
• Atrophic rhinitis
• Aura of an epileptic seizure
• Benzene
• Beta blockers
• Cadmium dust
• Charge syndrome
• Chromate
• Chronic rhinitis
• Cleft palate
• Cortical lesions
• Diabetes mellitus
• Dihydropyridine
• Down's syndrome
• Empyema of nasal sinuses
• Esthesioneuroblastomas
• Flurbiprofen
• Formaldehyde
• Hallucination
• Head trauma
• Hemodialysis
• Herpes virus infection
• Hiv infection
• Huntington's chorea
• Hydrogen sulfide
• Idiopathic
• Influenza
• Intracranial space-occupying lesion
• Kallmann syndrome
• Klinefelter's syndrome
• Korsakoff's psychosis
• Malnutrition
• Methacrylate vapors
• Nasal polyps
• Nasal tumour
• Nickel dust
• Olfactory meningioma
• Olfactory neuroblastoma
• Organic solvent exposure
• Paget's disease
• Paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis
• Parkinson's disease
• Pellagra
• Pernicious anemia
• Pick's disease
• Pseudohypoparathyroidism type 1a
• Pseudotumor cerebri
• Refsum disease
• Rud syndrome
• Schizophrenia
• Sclerosteosis
• Septal deformity
• Shy-drager syndrome
• Sjögren's syndrome
• Solvents
• Sulfuric acid
• Tabes dorsalis
• Temporal lobectomy
• Viral infection
• Viral rhinitis
• Vitamin deficiency
• Western equine encephalitis
• Zinc deficiency