Abstract Moyamoya disease is a rare disorder that involves the cerebrovascular system. Usually, it leads to occlusion of the arteries of the cerebral system and causes cerebral circulatory complaints. A 48-year-old female patient was admitted to our clinic with intermittent claudication in both legs. Bip...
Introducción: En 1957, Takeuchi y Shimizu describen una vasculopatía oclusiva que involucra la arteria carótida interna bilateral, con la formación de vasos colaterales. En 1969, Suzuki y Takaku denominan a la conexión vascular colateral en las imágenes de angiografía “moyamoya” que significa ...
Moyamoya disease is a chronic neurovascular disease characterized by progressive bilateral stenosis of the internal carotid arteries with abnormal formation of new abnormal blood vessels whose blockage of blood flow causes a variety of clinical manifestations and complications associated with acute cereb...
Moyamoya disease (MMD) is currently thought to involve endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs). We investigated whether superparamagnetic iron oxide (SPIO) can be used to label EPCs. Mononuclear cells from 10 moyamoya disease patients were isolated, and cluster of differentiation 133 (CD133) positive cells s...
Abstract Moyamoya disease is a rare, idiopathic, progressive, occlusive disease of the internal carotid artery characterized by the development of collateral vasculature in the brain base. In patients with accompanying coronary artery disease, cardiopulmonary bypass posses a potential risk for perioperat...
RESUMEN OBJETIVOS: Presentar algunos casos de pacientes con síndrome de Moyamoya secundario a etiologías diversas y con base en ellos revisar aspectos generales del cuadro; de acuerdo con dos de los casos se propone una nueva hipótesis. MATERIALES Y MÉTODOS: Se describen cuatro casos clínicos de s...
Abstract: Neurofibromatosis type 1 is a multisystem genetic disease of autosomal dominant transmission that reveals important cutaneous manifestations such as café-au-lait spots, multiple neurofibromas, and ephelides in skin fold areas, as well as hamartomatous lesions in the eyes, bones, glands, and ce...