Moyamoya disease: report of three cases in Brazilian patients
Moyamoya disease (MMD) is a chronic occlusive cerebrovascular disease of unknown etiology reported mainly in the Japanese. Most cases occur in children. The disease is rare in non-Oriental adults manifesting itself mostly as intracerebral hemorrhages. We describe MMD in 2 non-Oriental young adults a...
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| author | CLÉLIA MARIA RIBEIRO FRANCO MARCIA MAIUMI FUKUJIMA ROBERTO DE MAGALHÃES CARNEIRO DE OLIVEIRA ALBERTO ALAIN GABBAI |
| author_facet | CLÉLIA MARIA RIBEIRO FRANCO MARCIA MAIUMI FUKUJIMA ROBERTO DE MAGALHÃES CARNEIRO DE OLIVEIRA ALBERTO ALAIN GABBAI |
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| description | Moyamoya disease (MMD) is a chronic occlusive cerebrovascular disease of unknown etiology reported mainly in the Japanese. Most cases occur in children. The disease is rare in non-Oriental adults manifesting itself mostly as intracerebral hemorrhages. We describe MMD in 2 non-Oriental young adults and one adolescent that developed cerebral infarctions. The adults were medicated with aspirin and no medication was given to the adolescent. All patients did not deteriorate in a follow-up period from 1 to 4 years. Although rare, MMD is an important cause of stroke in young individuals and may well be underreported: only 18 patients have been reported till 1997 in Brazil. Neurologists should include MMD in differential diagnosis of ischemic and hemorrhagic strokes in young adults. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-7c39eca8d62d4b84acc1a2c92d35edd42025-08-20T03:35:44ZengThieme Revinter PublicaçõesArquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria1678-42271999-06-01572B371376Moyamoya disease: report of three cases in Brazilian patientsCLÉLIA MARIA RIBEIRO FRANCOMARCIA MAIUMI FUKUJIMA0ROBERTO DE MAGALHÃES CARNEIRO DE OLIVEIRAALBERTO ALAIN GABBAI1Universidade Federal de São PauloUniversidade Federal de São PauloMoyamoya disease (MMD) is a chronic occlusive cerebrovascular disease of unknown etiology reported mainly in the Japanese. Most cases occur in children. The disease is rare in non-Oriental adults manifesting itself mostly as intracerebral hemorrhages. We describe MMD in 2 non-Oriental young adults and one adolescent that developed cerebral infarctions. The adults were medicated with aspirin and no medication was given to the adolescent. All patients did not deteriorate in a follow-up period from 1 to 4 years. Although rare, MMD is an important cause of stroke in young individuals and may well be underreported: only 18 patients have been reported till 1997 in Brazil. Neurologists should include MMD in differential diagnosis of ischemic and hemorrhagic strokes in young adults.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X1999000300005&tlng=enmoyamoya diseaseadultchronic occlusive cerebrovascular disorderstroke |
| spellingShingle | CLÉLIA MARIA RIBEIRO FRANCO MARCIA MAIUMI FUKUJIMA ROBERTO DE MAGALHÃES CARNEIRO DE OLIVEIRA ALBERTO ALAIN GABBAI Moyamoya disease: report of three cases in Brazilian patients Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria moyamoya disease adult chronic occlusive cerebrovascular disorder stroke |
| title | Moyamoya disease: report of three cases in Brazilian patients |
| title_full | Moyamoya disease: report of three cases in Brazilian patients |
| title_fullStr | Moyamoya disease: report of three cases in Brazilian patients |
| title_full_unstemmed | Moyamoya disease: report of three cases in Brazilian patients |
| title_short | Moyamoya disease: report of three cases in Brazilian patients |
| title_sort | moyamoya disease report of three cases in brazilian patients |
| topic | moyamoya disease adult chronic occlusive cerebrovascular disorder stroke |
| url | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X1999000300005&tlng=en |
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