Description:
Moyamoya disease is a rare vascular disorder, characterized by progressive narrowing of blood vessels in the circle of arteries at the base of the brain. The result is irreversible blockage of the carotid artery to the brain during entrance into the skull. Moyamoya disease usually attacks children, but can also occur in adults aged 20-40 years.
Moyamoya disease was first identified in Japan by Takeuchi and Shimizu in 1957. In 1968, Kudo introduced in 1969 the disease and Moyamoya used officially as a disease in 1969.
Patients most often from Japan and Korea, but is also found in patients from the United States, Europe, Australia and Africa. Almost half of the cases identified experienced by children aged 10 years.
Symptoms:
Children who suffer from this disease usually suffer a stroke is not permanent. One marker is the age and hypertension (high blood pressure). Moyamoya disease is genetically likely to occur. Possible results from genetic abnormalities heritage. Whereas in adult patients, they often blood vessels in her brain burst.
Treatment:
Surgery still remains the only one best treatment for this disease. Without surgery, the majority of patients with Moyamoya disease will experience mental decline and stroke due to a progressive narrowing of the artery.
Moyamoya disease is a rare vascular disorder, characterized by progressive narrowing of blood vessels in the circle of arteries at the base of the brain. The result is irreversible blockage of the carotid artery to the brain during entrance into the skull. Moyamoya disease usually attacks children, but can also occur in adults aged 20-40 years.
Moyamoya disease was first identified in Japan by Takeuchi and Shimizu in 1957. In 1968, Kudo introduced in 1969 the disease and Moyamoya used officially as a disease in 1969.
Patients most often from Japan and Korea, but is also found in patients from the United States, Europe, Australia and Africa. Almost half of the cases identified experienced by children aged 10 years.
Symptoms:
Children who suffer from this disease usually suffer a stroke is not permanent. One marker is the age and hypertension (high blood pressure). Moyamoya disease is genetically likely to occur. Possible results from genetic abnormalities heritage. Whereas in adult patients, they often blood vessels in her brain burst.
Treatment:
Surgery still remains the only one best treatment for this disease. Without surgery, the majority of patients with Moyamoya disease will experience mental decline and stroke due to a progressive narrowing of the artery.
