Hemorrhagic moyamoya disease

Moyamoya disease is a rare cerebral vasculopathy. Disease onset is mainly sudden presenting as an ischemic stroke but also sometimes as a brain hemorraghe. Cerebral angiography is the gold standard to confirm the diagnosis. Different therapeutic approaches have been described such as conservative ma...

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Published inRevue médicale de Liège Vol. 75; no. 2; p. 75
Main Authors Angelozzi, V, Germay, C, Gilbert, A, Brasseur, E, Ghuysen, A, D'Orio, V
Format Journal Article
LanguageFrench
Published Belgium 01.02.2020
Subjects
Brain - diagnostic imaging
Cerebral Angiography
Humans
Moyamoya Disease - complications
Moyamoya Disease - diagnostic imaging
Stroke - etiology
Brain hemorraghe
Stroke
Moyamoya disease
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Summary:Moyamoya disease is a rare cerebral vasculopathy. Disease onset is mainly sudden presenting as an ischemic stroke but also sometimes as a brain hemorraghe. Cerebral angiography is the gold standard to confirm the diagnosis. Different therapeutic approaches have been described such as conservative management or endoscopic and surgical approaches. We report the case of a young patient who was diagnosed with a brain hemorraghe following a sudden loss of consciousness.
ISSN:0370-629X