The Moya-Moya syndrome: a report of two children.
Two patients with Moya-Moya syndrome are reported. The first patient has a trisomy 21 and is to our knowledge the third patient reported with the association of Down's syndrome and Moya-Moya. The second patient also demonstrates the typical Moya-Moya picture in angiography. Angiographic follow-up is demonstrated. The presenting age and symptoms, the symptoms in the course of the disease and the prognosis of 120 non-mongoloid cases of Moya-Moya are reviewed.
D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology*; D001488:Basilar Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002339:Carotid Arteries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004314:Down Syndrome / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009072:Moyamoya Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology*