[Principal features of the pathogenesis and pathogenetic treatment of certain neurologic syndromes of the facial region].

Results of many-year studies and literary data on the clinical course, pathogenesis and pathogenetic therapy of motor, sensor, and vegetotrophic disturbances in the facial region are reviewed. A concept is substantiated, that neuralgia of the trigeminal, glossopharyngeal and vagal nerves, secondary contracture of the mimic muscles, and facial hemiatrophy are diseases with a specific pathogenesis having no analogy with pain, motor, and trophic disturbances in other parts of the body. This is reflected in the special methods of the pathogenetic therapy of the diseases.