Saturday, November 6, 2010

CRANIAL NERVE EXAMINATION


sense of smell
Noticed any change in your sense of smell
Anosmia- loss of the sense of smell (eg. flu, nasal polyps)
Lesion- nose, cribiform plate of the eythmoid bone, base of skull- eg meningioma, early sign of parkinson.

Test: occlude one nostril, close eyes, identify smell (mint, coffee)

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