Table 1 Overview of the reported cases with unilateral taste disorder after a stroke.
| Reference | Lesion | Side of taste disorder | No. of patients* | Taste tested | Taste disorder perceived | Taste reversible | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heckmann et al.4 | Pontine | Ipsilateral | Yes | No information | Yes | |||||||
| Supratentorial | Ipsilateral | 2 | ||||||||||
| Supratentorial | Contralateral | 3 | ||||||||||
| Onoda et al.5 | Pontine | Ipsilateral | 1 | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| Thalamic | Contralateral | 1 | ||||||||||
| Internal capsula | Contralateral | 1 | ||||||||||
| Jyoichi et al.5 | Pontine | Ipsilateral | 1 | Yes | No information | No information | ||||||
| Grant21 | Pontine and medulla | Ipsilateral | 1 | No | No information | No information | ||||||
| Ito et al.5 | Thalamic | Ipsilateral | 1 | Yes | No information | No information | ||||||
| Goto et al.22 | Pontine | Ipsilateral | 3 | Yes | Yes | No | ||||||
| Lee et al.12 | Pontine | Ipsilateral | 2 | Yes | Yes | No information | ||||||
| Midbrain | Contralateral | 1 | ||||||||||
| Nakajima et al.23 | Pontine | Ipsilateral | 1 | Yes | Yes | No information | ||||||
| Kim et al.20 | Frontal operculum | Ipsilateral | 1 | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| Sunada et al.11 | Pontine | Contralateral | 1 | Yes | Yes | No | ||||||
| Fujikane16 | Pontine | Contralateral | 1 | Yes | Yes | No information | ||||||
| Kojima et al.15 | Pontine | Ipsilateral | 1 | Yes | Yes | No information | ||||||
| Fujikane16 | Thalamic | Contralateral | 4 | Yes | Yes | No information | ||||||
| Corona radiata | Contralateral | 3 | ||||||||||
| Shikama et al.17 | Midbrain | Ipsilateral | 2 | Yes | No information | No information | ||||||
| Pritchard et al.18 | Insula | Ipsilateral | 1 | Yes | No | No | ||||||
| Our case | Pontine | Ipsilateral | 1 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
*With unilateral taste disorder.