Olfactory function and findings on chest computed tomography in COVID-19: is there any correlation?

Conclusions: Olfactory dysfunction does not correlate with the radiological lung involvement in patients hospitalized with COVID-19. SIGNIFICANCE: There is also clinical evidence that the olfactory disorder and the pulmonary disease in COVID-19 have distinct mechanisms. Supplemental data for this article is available online at here. PMID: 33346687 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Acta Oto-Laryngologica - December 21, 2020 Category: ENT & OMF Authors: Mangia LRL, Soares MB, de Souza TSC, Scarabotto PC, De Masi RDJ, Salvador GLO, Hamerschmidt R Tags: Acta Otolaryngol Source Type: research