Atherosclerotic adult Moya-Moya disease in a patient with hyperhomocysteinaemia.
Moya-Moya is a rare cerebrovascular occlusive disease characterized by bilateral stenosis or occlusion at the terminal portion of the internal carotid artery and abnormal vascular network at the base of the brain, named "moya-moya". In children, Moya-Moya disease usually presents with ischemic cerebrovascular events, mainly TIA or lacunar stroke, leading to mental deterioration. In adults, especially in females, it presents with intracranial haemorrhages. We describe the case of an adult patient with an atherosclerotic Moya-Moya disease which presented with a cerebral borderzone infarction.
Cerrato
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Department of Neuroscience, University of Turin, Via Cherasco 15, I-10126 Turin, Italy. paolo_cerrato@yahoo.com
Grasso
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Lentini
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Destefanis
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Bosco
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Caprioli
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Bradac
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Bergui
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D050197:Atherosclerosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D020138:Hyperhomocysteinemia / Q000150:complications*; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009072:Moyamoya Disease / Q000150:complications*; D011859:Radiography