Moyamoya disease in a young woman with intraand extracranial vessels involvement on vessel wall imaging

Author: TOH Tsun-Haw ¹ ; Kay-Sin TAN ¹ ; Norlisah RAMLI ² ; Kartini RAHMAT ² ; Chong-Tin TAN ¹ ; Kar-Foo LAU ^{3
,

4} ; Mei-Ling Sharon TAI ¹
Author Information

1. Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine
2. Department of Biomedical Imaging, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur
3. Faculty of Medicine &
4. Health Sciences, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, Selangor, Malaysia
Publication Type:Journal Article
From:Neurology Asia 2019;24(3):281-285
CountryMalaysia
Language:English
Abstract: Moyamoya disease (MMD) was first described in 1957 as “bilateral hypoplasia of internal carotid arteries (ICAs)”.1 Aside from involving the intracranial arteries, MMD can also affect extracranial ICAs and external carotid arteries (ECAs).2-4 High resolution magnetic resonance (MR) vessel wall imaging (VWI) is increasingly being used to help with the diagnosis and characterization of the condition focusing mainly on intracranial vessels and extracranial ICAs.5-9 We present a case of a young woman with MMD, demonstrating vessel wall enhancement of nonstenotic maxillary branches of bilateral ECAs.
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