Hypergeusia is a taste disorder where the sense is abnormally heightened. [1] [2] It can be associated with a lesion of the posterior fossa and Addison's disease; where a patient will crave for salty and sour taste due to the abnormal loss of ions with urine. [3]
References
- ^ "Definition: hypergeusia from Online Medical Dictionary".
- ^ "Dorlands Medical Dictionary:hypergeusia".[ permanent dead link]
- ^ Noda S, Hiromatsu K, Umezaki H, Yoneda S (June 1989). "Hypergeusia as the presenting symptom of a posterior fossa lesion". J. Neurol. Neurosurg. Psychiatry. 52 (6): 804–5. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.52.6.804-a. PMC 1032046. PMID 2545829.
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