Four (44.4%) patients still complained of phantom odor during ENT admission. Two patients reported that the phantom smell sense continued during the disease but the onset of phantom smell was not distinguished. Aura-like phantom odor sensation noticed by three patients during two or three days of the disease when symptoms were most severe and then disappeared. All patients confirmed for COVID-19 disease with PCR test by nasopharyngeal swabs. Three patients had Sars-Cov-2 related thorax Computed Tomography (CT) findings. ![]() The main symptoms of the patients were fever, cough, and weakness at the initial diagnosis. All patients had completed COVID-19 treatment and emerged from isolation. All of the patients admitted to Ear Nose Throat (ENT) Clinic at second referential state hospital with complaints of a phantom smell sense after an average of 33.5 ± 9.5 days after the initial PCR diagnosis. The demographic and clinical characteristics of the patients are summarized in Table Table1.
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