What is causing this patient's loss of smell?

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Robynlynn Harwood practices in head and neck surgical oncology and is supervisor of the ED at Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary in Boston, Mass. Katherine L. Reinshagen is an assistant professor of radiology at Harvard Medical School in Boston, Mass., and a radiologist at Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary. Daniel G. Deschler is the Dr. Eugene N. and Barbara L. Myers Chair in Head and Neck Surgery and vice chair for academic affairs at Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, and a professor in the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at Harvard Medical School. The authors have disclosed no potential conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise.

Published: January 2025

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