A fractured cribriform plate (anterior skull trauma) can result in leaking of cerebrospinal fluid into the nose and loss of sense of smell. Smell plays a large role in the perception of taste. So, in practice, a patient may complain of loss of taste rather than of smell.
champagnesupernova3If taste is completely lost then it's an olfactory issue. If its lost only on a part of the tongue then the nerve that provides taste to that area is suspected.+14
veryhungrycaterpillarUWorld QID 12227
The sense of taste isn't lost due to CSF in the nose, but due to avulsion of olfactory rootlets.+13
topgunberyeah i wanted something to do with chorda tympani but i guess its something to remember +
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A fractured cribriform plate (anterior skull trauma) can result in leaking of cerebrospinal fluid into the nose and loss of sense of smell. Smell plays a large role in the perception of taste. So, in practice, a patient may complain of loss of taste rather than of smell.