Moyamoya disease in childhood: a familial case report
| Autor: | A. Voghenzi, P. Scarpa, R. Cilio, Stefano Soriani, L. De Carlo |
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| Rok vydání: | 1993 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Disease medicine Humans Carotid Stenosis Moyamoya disease Cerebral Cortex Neurologic Examination medicine.diagnostic_test Vascular disease business.industry Magnetic resonance imaging Cerebral Infarction General Medicine medicine.disease Magnetic Resonance Imaging Cerebral Angiography Stenosis Child Preschool Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Neurology (clinical) Neurosurgery Radiology Atrophy Moyamoya Disease business Cerebral angiography Rare disease |
| Zdroj: | Child's Nervous System. 9:215-219 |
| ISSN: | 1433-0350 0256-7040 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/bf00303572 |
| Popis: | Moyamoya is an obstructive cerebrovascular disease characterized by a cerebral angiographic picture of stenosis or occlusion of main cerebral arteries with an abnormal vascular network at the base of the brain. No definitive cause has been found for this disease and opinion is still divided between a congenital and an acquired etiology. Hemiplegia of sudden onset and epileptic seizures are the prevailing presentation in childhood, while subarachnoid bleeding occurs more frequently in adults. We report a new case of childhood moyamoya with clinical onset of the neurological symptoms within the 3rd year of life; during the child's illness the maternal grandmother presented with moyamoya disease too. Antiaggregating and calcium-antagonist drugs seem effective in preventing further vascular accidents, while a surgical approach is not possible. Computed tomography, single positron emission computed tomography, and magnetic resonance imaging are very useful in the diagnosis of this rare disease. |
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