• Ear Nose Throat J · Nov 2020

    Letter

    Anosmia Is a Key Symptom of COVID-19 Infection and Should Be Used as a Diagnostic Tool.

    • Jerome R Lechien, Maria Rosaria Barillari, Lionel Jouffe, and Sven Saussez.
    • COVID-19 Task Force of the Young-Otolaryngologists of the International Federations of Otorhino-laryngological Societies (YO-IFOS), Paris, France.
    • Ear Nose Throat J. 2020 Nov 1; 99 (9): 577-578.

    AbstractBased on observations described in our letter, we can draw the following conclusions: (1) anosmia must imperatively be added to the list of specific symptoms of COVID-19 infection, (2) anosmia can serve as a free and specific diagnostic tool for developing countries currently affected by the pandemic, (3) the mechanisms of COVID-19 anosmia seem not to directly involve nasal obstruction but rather seem to be related to damage the olfactory neuroepithelium.

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