title: [Posterior cerebral artery involvement in Moyamoya disease].
abstract: A ten-year-old girl arrived at the hospital with progressive loss of muscular strength on the right side of the body. The cranial MRI showed left fronto-parietal ischemia and atrophic changes in the left parietal lobe. Brain MRI initially disclosed a narrow left MCA. MRA and digital angiography confirmed the diagnosis of brain obstructive chronic vascular disease (Moyamoya). Angiography results demonstrated occlusion of the left MCA and right posterior cerebral artery, with Moyamoya vessels. It therefore appears that in some patients Moyamoya disease is accompanied by posterior circulation involvement.
authors.affiliation: Yüzüncü Yil Universitesi Tip Fakültesi, Radyoloji Anabilim Dali, Van, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mustafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Harman
authors.forename: Omer
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Etlik
authors.forename: Ozkan
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Unal
authors.forename: M Emin
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Sakarya
mesh_terms: D015901:Angiography, Digital Subtraction; D002536:Cerebral Arteries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009072:Moyamoya Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D010264:Paraplegia / Q000209:etiology