An adult HIV patient with unilateral Moyamoya syndrome

Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2010 Jan;112(1):76-8. doi: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2009.09.002. Epub 2009 Oct 1.

Abstract

Moyamoya disease is a rare idiopathic neurological disorder due to occlusion of the circle of Willis. "Moyamoya syndrome", a radiographic picture resembling Moyamoya disease, is associated with systemic diseases. Only two cases of moyamoya syndrome in adults with advanced HIV disease and a single case in a child have been reported until now. We describe a case of unilateral Moyamoya syndrome in a patient with well-controlled HIV infection.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • CD4 Lymphocyte Count
  • Cerebral Angiography
  • HIV Infections / complications*
  • HIV Infections / diagnostic imaging
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Moyamoya Disease / complications*
  • Moyamoya Disease / diagnostic imaging
  • Paresthesia / etiology