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Olfactory hallucination

MedGen UID:
65851
•Concept ID:
C0233765
•
Sign or Symptom
Synonyms: Hallucination, Olfactory; Hallucinations, Olfactory; Olfactory Hallucination; Olfactory Hallucinations
SNOMED CT: Olfactory hallucinations (39672001)
 
HPO: HP:5200200

Definition

Perception of smell without olfactory stimulus. [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVOlfactory hallucination

Professional guidelines

PubMed

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Nat Rev Neurol 2019 Sep;15(9):519-539. Epub 2019 Jul 19 doi: 10.1038/s41582-019-0226-9. PMID: 31324898
Pharmacological treatment of Parkinson disease: a review.
Connolly BS, Lang AE
JAMA 2014 Apr 23-30;311(16):1670-83. doi: 10.1001/jama.2014.3654. PMID: 24756517

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Olfactory Nomenclature: An Orchestrated Effort to Clarify Terms and Definitions of Dysosmia, Anosmia, Hyposmia, Normosmia, Hyperosmia, Olfactory Intolerance, Parosmia, and Phantosmia/Olfactory Hallucination.
Hernandez AK, Landis BN, Altundag A, Fjaeldstad AW, Gane S, Holbrook EH, Huart C, Konstantinidis I, Lechner M, Macchi A, Portillo Mazal P, Miwa T, Philpott CM, Pinto JM, Poletti SC, Vodicka J, Welge-Luessen A, Whitcroft KL, Hummel T
ORL J Otorhinolaryngol Relat Spec 2023;85(6):312-320. Epub 2023 Apr 14 doi: 10.1159/000530211. PMID: 37062268Free PMC Article
Scent of aura? Clinical features of olfactory hallucinations during a migraine attack (OHM).
Mainardi F, Rapoport A, Zanchin G, Maggioni F
Cephalalgia 2017 Feb;37(2):154-160. Epub 2016 Jul 11 doi: 10.1177/0333102416630580. PMID: 27036639
Olfactory hallucination in childhood primary headaches: case series.
Ahmed MA, Donaldson S, Akor F, Cahill D, Akilani R
Cephalalgia 2015 Mar;35(3):234-9. Epub 2014 Jun 6 doi: 10.1177/0333102414535998. PMID: 24907166
The management of idiopathic olfactory hallucinations: a study of two patients.
Majumdar S, Jones NS, McKerrow WS, Scadding G
Laryngoscope 2003 May;113(5):879-81. doi: 10.1097/00005537-200305000-00019. PMID: 12792326

Diagnosis

Olfactory Nomenclature: An Orchestrated Effort to Clarify Terms and Definitions of Dysosmia, Anosmia, Hyposmia, Normosmia, Hyperosmia, Olfactory Intolerance, Parosmia, and Phantosmia/Olfactory Hallucination.
Hernandez AK, Landis BN, Altundag A, Fjaeldstad AW, Gane S, Holbrook EH, Huart C, Konstantinidis I, Lechner M, Macchi A, Portillo Mazal P, Miwa T, Philpott CM, Pinto JM, Poletti SC, Vodicka J, Welge-Luessen A, Whitcroft KL, Hummel T
ORL J Otorhinolaryngol Relat Spec 2023;85(6):312-320. Epub 2023 Apr 14 doi: 10.1159/000530211. PMID: 37062268Free PMC Article
Qualitative smell/taste disorders as sequelae of acute COVID-19.
Ercoli T, Masala C, Pinna I, Orofino G, Solla P, Rocchi L, Defazio G
Neurol Sci 2021 Dec;42(12):4921-4926. Epub 2021 Sep 23 doi: 10.1007/s10072-021-05611-6. PMID: 34557966Free PMC Article
Phantosmia and Migraine With and Without Headache.
Jion YI, Grosberg BM, Evans RW
Headache 2016 Oct;56(9):1494-1502. Epub 2016 Aug 22 doi: 10.1111/head.12890. PMID: 27545897
Computer modelling of epilepsy.
Lytton WW
Nat Rev Neurosci 2008 Aug;9(8):626-37. Epub 2008 Jul 2 doi: 10.1038/nrn2416. PMID: 18594562Free PMC Article
Olfactory hallucination in migraine.
Wolberg FL, Ziegler DK
Arch Neurol 1982 Jun;39(6):382. doi: 10.1001/archneur.1982.00510180060017. PMID: 7092619

Therapy

Scent of aura? Clinical features of olfactory hallucinations during a migraine attack (OHM).
Mainardi F, Rapoport A, Zanchin G, Maggioni F
Cephalalgia 2017 Feb;37(2):154-160. Epub 2016 Jul 11 doi: 10.1177/0333102416630580. PMID: 27036639
Loss of taste and smell during treatment with topiramate.
Ghanizadeh A
Eat Weight Disord 2009 Jun-Sep;14(2-3):e137-8. doi: 10.1007/BF03327811. PMID: 19934627
An olfactory reference syndrome successfully treated by aripiprazole augmentation of antidepressant therapy.
Muffatti R, Scarone S, Gambini O
Cogn Behav Neurol 2008 Dec;21(4):258-60. doi: 10.1097/WNN.0b013e318185e6bd. PMID: 19057178
The management of idiopathic olfactory hallucinations: a study of two patients.
Majumdar S, Jones NS, McKerrow WS, Scadding G
Laryngoscope 2003 May;113(5):879-81. doi: 10.1097/00005537-200305000-00019. PMID: 12792326

Prognosis

Olfactory hallucination in childhood primary headaches: case series.
Ahmed MA, Donaldson S, Akor F, Cahill D, Akilani R
Cephalalgia 2015 Mar;35(3):234-9. Epub 2014 Jun 6 doi: 10.1177/0333102414535998. PMID: 24907166
Computer modelling of epilepsy.
Lytton WW
Nat Rev Neurosci 2008 Aug;9(8):626-37. Epub 2008 Jul 2 doi: 10.1038/nrn2416. PMID: 18594562Free PMC Article

Clinical prediction guides

Qualitative smell/taste disorders as sequelae of acute COVID-19.
Ercoli T, Masala C, Pinna I, Orofino G, Solla P, Rocchi L, Defazio G
Neurol Sci 2021 Dec;42(12):4921-4926. Epub 2021 Sep 23 doi: 10.1007/s10072-021-05611-6. PMID: 34557966Free PMC Article
Computer modelling of epilepsy.
Lytton WW
Nat Rev Neurosci 2008 Aug;9(8):626-37. Epub 2008 Jul 2 doi: 10.1038/nrn2416. PMID: 18594562Free PMC Article

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