Identification and enjoyment of food items is reduced in dysosmic subjects: a pilot study.

Background: Although dysosmia affects a significant proportion of the adult population, there are a paucity of studies addressing its impact on flavor perception and food enjoyment. This study aimed to assess flavor perception and food enjoyment in subjects with and without dysosmia, comparing performance of items considered olfactory-dominant or trigeminal-dominant.

Methods: Adult subjects prospectively underwent Sniffin' Sticks olfactory testing from which threshold, discrimination, and identification (TDI) scores were used to identify dysosmic (TDI over 31) and normosmic subjects (TDI under 31).

Use of the Diet History Questionnaire III to determine the impact of dysosmia on dietary quality.

Background: Dysosmia could alter dietary quality through mechanisms including changes in appetite, food choice, and subsequent nutritional intake. However, there are few studies that directly assess olfactory performance and dietary quality. In this pilot study, we aimed to measure dietary quality in patients with dysosmia compared with controls with normosmia.

Endocrine mucin-producing sweat gland carcinoma: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Background: Endocrine mucin-producing sweat gland carcinoma is a rare, under-reported cutaneous adnexal tumor that is often misdiagnosed and has an unknown incidence of metastasis.

Objective: To determine the incidence of metastasis and tumor recurrence, as well as diagnostic accuracy and current trends in treatment modality.

Methods: A search was performed following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines.

Endoscopic repair of spontaneous skull base defects decreases the incidence rate of intracranial complications.

Background: Spontaneous skull base defects can result in life-threatening intracranial complications (ICCs), including meningitis and pneumocephalus. Endoscopic skull base reconstruction (ESBR) has traditionally been the treatment of choice, but its impact upon ICCs is not known. In this study, we aimed to describe the incidence rate of preoperative ICCs in patients with spontaneous skull base defects, risk factors associated with ICC development, and the impact of surgical repair on the incidence rate of ICCs.

Treatment Outcomes of Bilateral Medialization Thyroplasty for Presbylaryngis.

Background: Presbylaryngis is a common cause of dysphonia in elderly patients. Type I thyroplasty serves to improve glottic closure and vocal quality by correcting bowing. Although unilateral and injection-based procedures are well-characterized in the treatment of broadly defined glottic insufficiency, there are insufficient outcomes data for bilateral medialization thyroplasty in the treatment of presbylaryngis.