Moyamoya disease with hypertension in a young adult.

Autor: Limaye CS; Department of Medicine, TN Medical College and BYL Nair Ch. Hospital, Mumbai 400 008., Khude S, Pednekar SJ
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: The Journal of the Association of Physicians of India [J Assoc Physicians India] 2011 Feb; Vol. 59, pp. 124-6.
Abstrakt: A 13 year old boy presented with recurrent TIAs and was found to have high blood pressure. On investigations he was detected to be Moyamoya disease. Hypertension is known to be associated with Moyamoya disease; the cause being renal artery stenosis. Our patient had normal renal arteries on imaging. We report this case for its rarity.
Databáze: MEDLINE