Abstract

VARGAS R, Ledmar Jovanny; SANCHEZ H, Sergio José; SUAREZ CHAPARRO, Álvaro  and  JIMENEZ PENA, Oscar M. Moyamoya disease: a case report. Acta Neurol Colomb. [online]. 2016, vol.32, n.4, pp.310-313. ISSN 0120-8748.  https://doi.org/10.22379/24224022113.

Summary Moyamoya disease (EMM) is a chronic disease characterized by progressive occlusion of the cerebral vasculature and nonatherosclerotic, generating an angiographic pattern known as moyamoya, which in Japanese refers to the appearance "puff of smoke", results in cerebrovascular ischemic or hemorrhagic events. Presentation has two peaks, one between 5 and 9 years and another between 45 and 49 years, with a slight predominance in women over men, usually more common in individuals of Asian origin, and less in people of Hispanic origin. The treatment of choice is early surgical procedure and prognosis is not entirely predictable. Case report: 44-year-old woman presenting income tonic-clonic movement and required IOT, single computed tomography showed left cerebral intracerebral hematoma and arteriography with Moyamoya pattern. It was handled in Intensive Care Unit, where he eventually died.

Keywords : cerebrovascular disease; moyamoya; intracerebral hemorrhage; intracranial artery occlusive progressive.

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