Childhood moyamoya disease: a clinical and angiographic study from eastern India.

Angiographic changes after pial synangiosis in childhood moyamoya disease.

PURPOSE To describe the angiographic changes accompanying the surgical treatment of moyamoya disease by pial synangiosis and to compare these changes with patient outcome. METHODS The preoperative and postoperative cerebral angiograms, MR images, and clinical records of 13 children treated with pial synangiosis for moyamoya disease were reviewed. RESULTS After synangiosis, 10 patients had s...

The relationship between cerebral infarction and angiographic characteristics in childhood moyamoya disease.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE In childhood-onset moyamoya disease, the angiographic disease process of stenoocclusive lesions is progressive, and cerebral infarctions often develop as a result of ischemia. Our purpose was to determine how the severity of stenoocclusive lesions in the anterior and posterior circulations affects the distribution of cerebral infarction in patients with childhood-onset mo...

Renal artery lesions in patients with moyamoya disease: angiographic findings.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Renal artery lesions in moyamoya disease have been described sporadically in several case reports. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the angiographic findings of renal artery lesions in moyamoya disease and to determine the prevalence of renal artery lesions in patients with moyamoya disease. METHODS Eighty-six consecutive patients with idiopathic moyamoya diseas...

Clinical and angiographic features and stroke types in adult moyamoya disease.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE This study was conducted to elucidate the association between clinical and angiographic characteristics and stroke types in adult Moyamoya disease that has been rarely evaluated. MATERIALS AND METHODS We analyzed the clinical and radiologic data obtained from a retrospective adult Moyamoya disease cohort with acute strokes, which were classified into 7 categories: large...

Letter by Jiang Regarding Article, "Hemorrhagic Moyamoya Disease in Children: Clinical, Angiographic Features, and Long-Term Surgical Outcome".