Progressive Cerebral Arteriopathy – Moyamoya Disease: A Report of Two Cases with Different Clinical Presentation

Progressive Cerebral Arteriopathy – Moyamoya Disease: A Report of Two Cases with Different Clinical Presentation

Moyamoya disease is a chronic and unusual cerebrovascular disorder characterized by progressive stenosis and occlusion of the distal portions of internal carotid arteries and its main branches within the circle of Willis. Posterior circulation (vertebral and basilar arteries) may also be affected; h...

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Main Authors: Marx Lima de Barros-Araújo, Tibério Silva Borges dos Santos, Irapuá Ferreira Ricarte, Guilherme Victor Sousa Medeiros, Joemir Jabson da Conceição Brito, Stephany Vargas Guindani, Larissa Clementino Leite de Sá Carvalho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Revinter Publicações Ltda. 2017-04-01
Series:Brazilian Neurosurgery
Subjects:
cerebral arteriopathy
progressive vasculopathy
moyamoya
Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0037-1602378

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