Abstract
Olfactory and gustatory hallucinations are not often encountered in the acute care setting but may represent the subtle presenting features of a significant underlying disease process. We describe a patient whose most striking presenting symptoms were of olfactory and gustatory hallucinations and in whom the diagnosis and treatment of a new brain tumor and partial status epilepticus occurred entirely in the emergency department. The lesion was subsequently identified as glioblastoma multiforme involving the hippocampus and amygdala.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 374-377 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Annals of emergency medicine |
Volume | 56 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Oct 2010 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Emergency Medicine