title: Moyamoya disease in an 8-year-old boy presenting with weakness.
abstract: Moyamoya disease is a progressive, unilateral, or bilateral carotid artery stenosis of unknown etiology. It often presents in children as a transient ischemic attack, with a focal neurological deficit. This case describes an 8-year-old boy who presented with left-sided weakness secondary to moyamoya vasculopathy.
authors.affiliation: Division of Emergency Medicine, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229-3039, USA. jeffrey.tenney@cchmc.org
authors.forename: Jeffrey
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tenney
authors.forename: Laurie H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Johnson
mesh_terms: D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001241:Aspirin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000150:complications; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D002648:Child; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D004660:Encephalitis / Q000175:diagnosis; D006261:Headache / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008775:Methylprednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D009072:Moyamoya Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery; D018908:Muscle Weakness / Q000209:etiology*; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures; D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000150:complications; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents; D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors; D001241:Aspirin; D008775:Methylprednisolone