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Case Presentation: We described a case of a 27-year-old woman who lost her olfactory function after hitting her head on 8 July 2022. A smell test demonstrated complete loss of olfactory function. She performed olfactory training and received PRP olfactory cleft injections three times, allowing her olfactory function to gain mild improvement. Subsequently, she received four additional PRE olfactory cleft injections, allowing her olfactory function to improve even further. Conclusions: This study presents a case of traumatic olfactory dysfunction treated with PRE olfactory cleft injections, but no real conclusions can be drawn regarding the efficacy of PRE olfactory cleft injection on traumatic olfactory dysfunction by a single case report.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/diagnostics16101547","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,5,19]],"date-time":"2026-05-19T15:17:23Z","timestamp":1779203843000},"page":"1547","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Platelet-Rich Plasma-Derived Exosome Olfactory Cleft Injection for Treating Traumatic Olfactory Dysfunction"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"16","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8280-6029","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Rong-San","family":"Jiang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Otolaryngology, Tungs\u2019 Taichung MetroHarbor Hospital, Taichung 435403, Taiwan"},{"name":"Department of Medical Research, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung 407219, Taiwan"},{"name":"School of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung 402367, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,5,19]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1343","DOI":"10.1007\/s00405-020-05823-0","article-title":"Post-traumatic brain injury olfactory dysfunction: Factors influencing quality of life","volume":"277","author":"Ahmedy","year":"2020","journal-title":"Eur. 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