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Case Reports
. 2020 Jun;27(6):892-893.
doi: 10.1016/j.acra.2020.04.002. Epub 2020 Apr 11.

Olfactory Bulb Magnetic Resonance Imaging in SARS-CoV-2-Induced Anosmia: The First Report

Mahboobeh Karimi Galougahi  1 , Jahangir Ghorbani  1 , Mehrdad Bakhshayeshkaram  1 , Ali Safavi Naeini  1 , Sara Haseli  2
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Olfactory Bulb Magnetic Resonance Imaging in SARS-CoV-2-Induced Anosmia: The First Report

Mahboobeh Karimi Galougahi et al. Acad Radiol. 2020 Jun.
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Coronal nonenhanced T2 weighted MR images in a 27-year-old man with isolated sudden-onset anosmia and positive SARS-CoV-2 polymerase chain reaction during the acute phase of disease demonstrated normal volume and signal intensity of olfactory bulb with no sign of nasal congestion (arrows).
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