Evaluation of taste disorders

Última revisão: 11 Sep 2025
Última atualização: 31 May 2023

Resumo

Diagnósticos diferenciais

comuns

  • Gum disease (periodontitis/gingivitis)
  • Upper respiratory tract infection
  • Antimicrobial/antihypertensive therapy
  • Cancer treatment
  • Dental procedure-related trauma
  • Tonsillectomy
  • Middle ear surgery
  • Bell palsy
  • Medication-related
  • Burning mouth disorder (syndrome)/small-fiber neuropathy
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Incomuns

  • Chronic middle ear infections
  • Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19): acute and persisting
  • Upper airway endoscopy
  • Oral surgical procedures
  • Skull base surgery
  • Ramsay Hunt syndrome
  • Stroke
  • Head trauma
  • Parkinson disease
  • Alzheimer dementia
  • Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
  • Multiple sclerosis
  • Epilepsy
  • Myasthenia gravis
  • Guillain-Barre syndrome
  • Sjogren syndrome
  • Renal insufficiency
  • Liver failure
  • Diabetes mellitus
  • Hypothyroidism
  • Pontocerebellar angle tumors
  • Paraneoplastic syndrome
  • Iron deficiency
  • Vitamin B12 deficiency
  • Zinc deficiency
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Colaboradores

Autores

Andrei Barasch, DMD, MDSc

Associate Professor

Weill Cornell Medical College

Division of Oncology

New York

NY

Declarações

AB declares that he has no competing interests.

Joel Epstein, DMD, MSD, FRCD(C), FDS RCS (Edin)

Consulting Staff

Director of Oral Health Services

Division of Head and Neck Surgery

Professor of Oral Medicine

Department of Surgery

City of Hope

Duarte

Los Angeles

CA

Declarações

JE declares that he is a consultant for Nielsen Health Sciences.

Agradecimentos

Dr Andrei Barasch and Dr Joel Epstein would like to gratefully acknowledge Dr Stéphanie Collet, Dr Basile Nicolas Landis, and Dr Philippe Rombaux, previous contributors to this topic.

Declarações

SC is an author of a reference cited in this topic. BNL has been reimbursed for speaking on olfactory disorders at a neuroscience meeting in Switzerland and is an author of a number of references cited in this topic. PR is an author of a number of references cited in this topic.

Revisores

Volker Gudziol, MD

ENT Specialist

Department of Otorhinolaryngology

University of Dresden Medical School

Dresden

Germany

Declarações

VG declares that he has no competing interests.

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Principais artigos

Hsieh JW, Daskalou D, Macario S, et al. How to manage taste disorders. Curr Otorhinolaryngol Rep. 2022;10(4):385-92.Texto completo  Resumo

Wrobel BB, Leopold DA. Clinical assessment of patients with smell and taste disorders. Otolaryngol Clin North Am. 2004 Dec;37(6):1127-42.Texto completo  Resumo

Thomas DC, Chablani D, Parekh S, et al. Dysgeusia: a review in the context of COVID-19. J Am Dent Assoc. 2022 Mar;153(3):251-64.Texto completo  Resumo

Heckmann JG, Heckmann SM, Lang CJ, et al. Neurological aspects of taste disorders. Arch Neurol. 2003 May;60(5):667-71.Texto completo  Resumo

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