Hypergeusia

Hypergeusia

Hypergeusia is a taste disorder where the sense is abnormally heightened.cite web |url=http://cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk/cgi-bin/omd?hypergeusia |title=Definition: hypergeusia from Online Medical Dictionary |format= |work= |accessdate=] cite web |url=http://www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns_hl_dorlands_split.jsp?pg=/ppdocs/us/common/dorlands/dorland/nine/14816720.htm |title=Dorlands Medical Dictionary:hypergeusia |format= |work= |accessdate=]

It can be associated with a lesion of the posterior fossa.cite journal |author=Noda S, Hiromatsu K, Umezaki H, Yoneda S |title=Hypergeusia as the presenting symptom of a posterior fossa lesion |journal=J. Neurol. Neurosurg. Psychiatr. |volume=52 |issue=6 |pages=804–5 |year=1989 |month=June |pmid=2545829 |pmc=1032046 |doi= |url=]

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