title: Intracranial carotid artery occlusion with telangiectasia (moyamoya disease) associated with persistent primitive trigeminal artery--case report.
abstract: A 35-year-old female presented with moyamoya disease coincidentally associated with a persistent primitive trigeminal artery (PPTA). Bilateral encephalo-duro-arterio-synangiosis was performed and the postoperative course was uneventful. Moyamoya disease and PPTA might have a congenital origin, but moyamoya disease may be promoted by a PPTA. The hemodynamics of PPTA during progressive occlusive change in the internal carotid artery in moyamoya disease should be re-evaluated to determine its function in the development of moyamoya vessels.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Nagoya City Higashi General Hospital.
authors.forename: E C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takagi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nagai
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D016893:Carotid Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D002536:Cerebral Arteries / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000196:embryology / Q000601:surgery; D002560:Cerebrovascular Circulation; D000013:Congenital Abnormalities / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D009072:Moyamoya Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D011859:Radiography