Reversible Cerebral Vasoconstriction Syndrome Misdiagnosed as Moyamoya Disease with Transient Ischemic Attack as Initial Manifestation
- Author:
Do Hyung KIM
1
;
Jae Guk KIM
;
Jin ok KIM
;
Soo Joo LEE
Author Information
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords: Reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome; Moyamoya disease; Transient ischemic attack
- MeSH: Blood Vessels; Constriction, Pathologic; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Headache Disorders, Primary; Humans; Ischemic Attack, Transient; Magnetic Resonance Angiography; Middle Aged; Moyamoya Disease; Neurology; Vasoconstriction
- From:Journal of the Korean Neurological Association 2019;37(1):59-61
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
- Abstract: Reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome (RCVS) is a disease characterized by reversible and multiple stenoses of cerebral blood vessels that improve within 3 months, accompanied by thunderclap headache. Here, we report an interesting case of RCVS initially misdiagnosed as Moyamoya disease with transient ischemic attack. A 45-year-old woman visited the Neurology Department of Eulji University Hospital. The patient was initially diagnosed with Moyamoya disease with transient ischemic attack. However, follow-up magnetic resonance angiography performed 12 months after the patient was appropriately diagnosed as having RCVS.
