Diseases

Facial Nerve Injuries

Traumatic injuries to the facial nerve. This may result in FACIAL PARALYSIS, decreased lacrimation and salivation, and loss of taste sensation in the anterior tongue. The nerve may regenerate and reform its original pattern of innervation, or regenerate aberrantly, resulting in inappropriate lacrimation in response to gustatory stimuli (e.g., crocodile tears) and other syndromes.

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Abstract

Traumatic injuries to the facial nerve. This may result in FACIAL PARALYSIS, decreased lacrimation and salivation, and loss of taste sensation in the anterior tongue. The nerve may regenerate and reform its original pattern of innervation, or regenerate aberrantly, resulting in inappropriate lacrimation in response to gustatory stimuli (e.g., crocodile tears) and other syndromes.

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21 entry terms
  • Cranial Nerve VII Injuries
  • Facial Nerve Trauma
  • Facial Neuropathy, Traumatic
  • Injuries, Cranial Nerve VII
  • Injuries, Seventh Cranial Nerve
  • Injury, Facial Nerve
  • Nerve Injury, Facial
  • Seventh Cranial Nerve Injuries
  • Facial Nerve Injury
  • Facial Nerve Traumas
  • Nerve Trauma, Facial
  • Neuropathy, Traumatic Facial
  • Trauma, Facial Nerve
  • Traumatic Facial Neuropathies
  • Traumatic Facial Neuropathy
  • Facial Nerve Avulsion
  • Marginal Mandibular Nerve Injuries
  • Marginal Mandibular Nerve Injury
  • Avulsion, Facial Nerve
  • Facial Nerve Avulsions
  • Nerve Avulsion, Facial

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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2000

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Previous Indexing

  • Facial Nerve (1966-1980)
  • Facial Nerve Diseases (1981-1999)
  • Facial Paralysis (1965-1999)

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  1. C07.465w.299.500
  2. C10w.292w.200.500
  3. C10w.292w.319.500
  4. C10w.900.300w.218.300
  5. C26w.915.300w.400.300

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Facial Nerve Injuries. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D020220. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D020220
  2. Facial Nerve Injuries. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q54976867