[A Rare Case of Cerebellar Hemangioblastoma Causing Taste Disorder].
No Shinkei Geka
; 45(3): 219-224, 2017 Mar.
Article
em Ja
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-28297687
ABSTRACT
Taste(gustation)is one of the five senses, and comprises the types sweet, bitter, salty, sour, and umami. Taste disorders, such as dysgeusia and parageusia, are classified into 2 types those with peripheral origin and those with central origin. The peripheral origin-type taste disorder is caused by zinc deficiency, mouth dryness, a side effect of radiotherapy or complication of systemic diseases such as, diabetes, hepatopathy, and nephropathy. The central origin-type taste disorder is reported to be caused due to demyelinating disease, pontine hemorrhage, pontine infarction, and thalamic infarction; it is very rarely caused by a brain tumor. We surgically treated a 69-year-old man with cerebellar hemangioblastoma who had developed taste disorder. The tumor compressed the solitary nucleus, which includes the taste tract in the central nervous system. On removal of the tumor, the taste disorder gradually improved.
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Distúrbios do Paladar
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Neoplasias Cerebelares
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Infarto Cerebral
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Hemangioblastoma
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
Limite:
Aged
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
Ja
Ano de publicação:
2017
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Article