All issues > Volume 24(8); 1981

Case Report

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1981;24(8):786-790. Published online August 15, 1981.

A Case of Moyamoya Disease in Child.

Joong Gon Kim, Sang Il Lee, Baek Youn Choo, Kwang Chan Do, Chong Ku Yun

¹Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Korea.

Abstract

A childhood case of moyamoya disease with subarachnoid hemorrhage is reported. This patient exhibited left hemiparesis, dysarthria, convulsion and mental retardation. He also had characteristic angiographic picture: occlusion of supraclinoid segment of both internal carotid arteries, combined with collateral networks in the base of brain.

Keywords :Moyamoya disease Hemiplegia Carotid angiography Suparachnoid hemorrhage