An adult HIV patient with unilateral Moyamoya syndrome.
Moyamoya disease is a rare idiopathic neurological disorder due to occlusion of the circle of Willis. "Moyamoya syndrome", a radiographic picture resembling Moyamoya disease, is associated with systemic diseases. Only two cases of moyamoya syndrome in adults with advanced HIV disease and a single case in a child have been reported until now. We describe a case of unilateral Moyamoya syndrome in a patient with well-controlled HIV infection.
Galati
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V
Second Infectious Diseases Division, National Institute for Infectious Diseases, "Lazzaro Spallanzani", Rome, Italy. galati@inmi.it
Grilli
E
E
Sallustio
F
F
Petrosillo
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N
D000368:Aged; D018791:CD4 Lymphocyte Count; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009072:Moyamoya Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010292:Paresthesia / Q000209:etiology