Role of magnetic resonance perfusion studies in moyamoya disease.
Moyamoya disease, Japanese for 'puff of smoke', is a rare disease that presents most commonly with recurrent TIAs (transient ischemic attacks) / stroke in childhood. Ischemic symptoms in patients with moyamoya disease are usually due to hemodynamically-mediated perfusion failure. Identification of abnormal tissue perfusion is an important aspect of the evaluation of these patients. We present the radiological features including the Magnetic Resonance (MR) Perfusion findings illustrating the hemodynamic changes of cerebral ischemia in a case of moyamoya disease.
Khanna
Paritosh C
PC
Department of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Nanavati Hospital, Mumbai, India. paritoshkhanna@hotmail.com
Lath
Chinar
C
Gadewar
Swapna B
SB
Patkar
Deepak P
DP
D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D002560:Cerebrovascular Circulation; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009072:Moyamoya Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology