title: Familial association of basilar bifurcation aneurysm and moyamoya disease--four case reports.
abstract: Four patients presented with familial intracranial aneurysms and familial moyamoya disease, including one patient with both familial intracranial aneurysm and moyamoya disease. Basilar bifurcation aneurysms were present in two patients, moyamoya disease in one, and both basilar bifurcation aneurysm and moyamoya disease in one. These events are most likely to arise from different genetic abnormalities associated with basilar bifurcation aneurysm and moyamoya disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Mito National Hospital, Mito, Ibaraki, Japan.
authors.forename: Hiroyoshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Akutsu
authors.forename: Makoto
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sonobe
authors.forename: Kyoichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sugita
authors.forename: Yasunobu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nakai
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Matsumura
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009072:Moyamoya Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000628:therapy; D010375:Pedigree