[Loss of smell and taste within the scope of vitamin B 12 deficiency]

B Mundt; G Krakowsky; H Röder; E Werner

[Loss of smell and taste within the scope of vitamin B 12 deficiency]

Psychiatr Neurol Med Psychol (Leipz). 1987 Jun;39(6):356-61.

[Article in German]

Authors

B Mundt¹, G Krakowsky, H Röder, E Werner

Affiliation

¹ Neurologische Klinik des Bezirkskrankenhauses Stralsund, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität, Greifswald.

PMID: 3659193

Abstract

The article deals with the case of a patient who had a partial gastrectomy and developed a vitamin B12 deficiency syndrome with anemia, myelopathy and complete loss of the senses of taste and smell. Regression of the symptoms followed liberal dosing with vitamin B12.

Publication types

Case Reports
English Abstract

MeSH terms

Adult
Ageusia / diagnosis*
Gastrectomy
Humans
Male
Olfaction Disorders / diagnosis*
Postoperative Complications / diagnosis
Taste Disorders / diagnosis*
Vitamin B 12 / therapeutic use
Vitamin B 12 Deficiency / diagnosis*
Vitamin B 12 Deficiency / drug therapy

Substances

Vitamin B 12