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Pontine haemorrhage causing disturbance of taste

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We report a man with acute disturbance of taste in whom MRI showed a small haemorrhage in the medial lemniscus of the pons.

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Sunada, I., Akano, Y., Yamamoto, S. et al. Pontine haemorrhage causing disturbance of taste. Neuroradiology 37, 659 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00593388

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