Coexistence of Chiari 2 malformation and moyamoya syndrome in a 17-year-old girl

Neurol Med Chir (Tokyo). 2009 Jan;49(1):47-9. doi: 10.2176/nmc.49.47.

Abstract

A 17-year-old female with Chiari 2 malformation developed cerebral infarction with angiographically typical bilateral moyamoya vessels manifesting as sudden onset of moderate left hemiparesis. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed multiple infarcts in the right frontal lobe, agenesis of the corpus callosum, upward herniation of the dorsal cerebellum, tectal beak of the midbrain, and downward herniation of the cerebellar vermis. Cerebral angiography demonstrated occlusion of the bilateral internal carotid arteries and basal moyamoya vessels. Single photon emission computed tomography showed significantly reduced regional cerebral blood flow in the right frontoparietal cortex. The cerebral vascular reactivity to acetazolamide was diminished in both cerebral hemispheres. She underwent superficial temporal artery-middle cerebral artery anastomosis combined with encephalo-myo-synangiosis on the right, and on the left 6 months later. Cerebral angiography performed 4 months after the second operation showed good patency of the bypasses and substantial collateral vessels in both cerebral hemispheres. This association may have happened by chance, and a common etiology is uncertain, but a currently undetermined genomic component might have contributed to the disease progression.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acetazolamide
  • Adolescent
  • Agenesis of Corpus Callosum
  • Anastomosis, Surgical
  • Arnold-Chiari Malformation / complications*
  • Arnold-Chiari Malformation / surgery
  • Carotid Artery, Internal / diagnostic imaging
  • Carotid Artery, Internal / pathology
  • Cerebral Angiography
  • Cerebral Infarction / etiology
  • Collateral Circulation
  • Encephalocele / etiology
  • Female
  • Frontal Lobe / blood supply
  • Frontal Lobe / diagnostic imaging
  • Genetic Predisposition to Disease
  • Humans
  • Meningomyelocele / complications
  • Meningomyelocele / surgery
  • Middle Cerebral Artery / surgery
  • Moyamoya Disease / complications*
  • Moyamoya Disease / surgery
  • Paresis / etiology
  • Parietal Lobe / blood supply
  • Parietal Lobe / diagnostic imaging
  • Temporal Arteries / surgery
  • Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
  • Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt

Substances

  • Acetazolamide