[The problem of the effectiveness of treatment of arterial hypertension in smokers].

In this review we give short characteristics of investigations devoted to assessment of effectiveness of cardiac drugs in patients who smoke. Basing on results of these investigations point of view is expressed that antihypertensive preparations of various classes differently affect smokers with arterial hypertension (AH). An opinion exists that drugs which improve endothelial function are preferable in smoking patients with AH.

[Characteristics of acoustic neuroma in the group of schwannomas of different localizations].

Neurinomas and schwannomas affect sensitive fibers almost exclusively. Among craniocerebral neurinomas, nerve VIII neurinomas account for 90%, occurring 30 to 40 times more frequently as compared to nerve V neurinomas. The latter circumstance may be determined by more complex evolution of the vestibular ganglion as compared to the Gasserian ganglion.

[The endonasopalpebral reflex].

The authors describe the endonasopalpebral reflex which is evoked from the nasal mucosa. Reduction of this reflex may be used as a fine index of involvement of the trigeminus in patients with acoustic neuromas. This makes it possible to differentiate this tumour at early stages of its development from neuritis of the acoustic nerve.