A Systematic Review of Imaging Studies in Olfactory Dysfunction Secondary to COVID-19.

ABSTRACT:

Rationale and objectives

Hyposmia/anosmia is common among patients with coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19). Various imaging modalities have been used to assess olfactory dysfunction in COVID-19. In this systematic review, we sought to categorize and summarize the imaging data in COVID-19-induced anosmia.

Material and methods

Eligible articles were included after a comprehensive review using online databases including Google scholar, Scopus, PubMed, Web of science and Elsevier. Duplicate results, conference abstracts, reviews, and studies in languages other than English were excluded.

Results

In total, 305 patients undergoing MRI/functional MRI (177), CT of paranasal sinuses (129), and PET/CT or PET/MRI scans (14) were included. Out of a total of 218 findings reported

SUBMITTER: Keshavarz P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8403662 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature