PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - M.F.V.V. Aragão
AU  - M.C. Leal
AU  - O.Q. Cartaxo Filho
AU  - T.M. Fonseca
AU  - M.M. Valença
TI  - Anosmia in COVID-19 Associated with Injury to the Olfactory Bulbs Evident on MRI
AID  - 10.3174/ajnr.A6675
DP  - 2020 Jun 25
TA  - American Journal of Neuroradiology
4099  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/early/2020/06/25/ajnr.A6675.short
4100  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/early/2020/06/25/ajnr.A6675.full
AB  - SUMMARY: Patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) may have symptoms of anosmia or partial loss of the sense of smell, often accompanied by changes in taste. We report 5 cases (3 with anosmia) of adult patients with COVID-19 in whom injury to the olfactory bulbs was interpreted as microbleeding or abnormal enhancement on MR imaging. The patients had persistent headache (n = 4) or motor deficits (n = 1). This olfactory bulb injury may be the mechanism by which the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus 2 causes olfactory dysfunction.COVID-19coronavirus disease 2019SARS-CoV-2Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus 2