title: Myocardial infarction with Moyamoya disease and pituitary gigantism in a young female patient.
abstract: Myocardial infarction is very rare in young female patients with systemic vascular disorders. Moyamoya disease is a cerebrovascular disease associated with an abnormal vascular network. This report presents a 19-year-old female patient who suffered from chest pain and exertional dyspnea for 2 months prior to admission. She had a history of Moyamoya disease and pituitary gigantism since childhood. Her ejection fraction on echocardiogram was 20% and a perfusion defect with partial reversibility in the anterior wall was demonstrated on stress single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT). Diagnostic coronary angiogram revealed critical stenosis in the middle left anterior descending artery, which was treated by coronary stenting. Her subjective symptoms were relieved and the perfusion defect seen on SPECT decreased after coronary intervention.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Chonnam University Medical School, Dong Ku, Kwang, Korea.
authors.forename: Y K
authors.initials: YK
authors.lastname: Ahn
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Jeong
authors.forename: H S
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Bom
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: J K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.forename: M Y
authors.initials: MY
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Kang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D002339:Carotid Arteries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002637:Chest Pain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D005877:Gigantism / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D009072:Moyamoya Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D015607:Stents; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon