Acute Ischemic Stroke in Moyamoya Disease Associated With Thyrotoxic Crisis.
- Author:
Dong Won SHIN
1
;
Jae Young SEO
;
Jung Gon LEE
;
Ji Sun KIM
;
Kyung Bok LEE
;
Hakjae ROH
;
Moo Young AHN
Author Information
1. Department of Neurology, Soonchunhyang University Hospital, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. kblee@schmc.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Moyamoya disease;
Thyrotoxicosis;
Cerebral infarction
- MeSH:
Adult;
Anterior Cerebral Artery;
Brain;
Carotid Artery, Internal;
Cerebral Infarction;
Consciousness;
Female;
Graves Disease;
Humans;
Infarction;
Magnetic Resonance Imaging;
Moyamoya Disease*;
Paresis;
Stroke*;
Thyroid Crisis*;
Thyrotoxicosis
- From:Journal of the Korean Neurological Association
2014;32(2):95-97
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
There are several documented cases of coexistence of Graves' disease and Moyamoya disease, but an association between thyrotoxicosis and Moyamoya disease is largely unknown. A 32-year-old woman presented with impaired consciousness and left hemiparesis. Brain magnetic resonance imaging revealed acute infarction in the territory of the bilateral anterior cerebral arteries and occlusion of both internal carotid arteries. Antithyroid medication improved the patient's consciousness. Thyrotoxicosis could be a cause of acute infarction in patients with Moyamoya disease.
