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Olfactory sensations produced by high-energy photon irradiation of the olfactory receptor mucosa in humans

Abstract

During irradiation of volumes that incorporate the olfactory system, a proportion of patients have complained of a pungent smell. A retrospective study was carried out to determine the prevalence of this side-effect. A questionnaire was sent to 40 patients whose treatment volumes included the olfactory region and also to a control group treated away from this region. The irradiated tumor volumes included the frontal lobe, whole brain, …

Authors

Sagar SM; Thomas RJ; Loverock LT; Spittle MF

Journal

International Journal of Radiation Oncology • Biology • Physics, Vol. 20, No. 4, pp. 771–776

Publisher

Elsevier

Publication Date

4 1991

DOI

10.1016/0360-3016(91)90021-u

ISSN

0360-3016