Ischemic Stroke in a Seven-Year-Old Female With Down Syndrome and Newly Discovered Moyamoya Syndrome

Moyamoya represents a rare, progressive cerebrovascular disease, characterized by a gradual stenosis of the intracranial internal carotid arteries, thereby increasing the risk of stroke. Down syndrome is known to be a predisposing factor for Moyamoya syndrome. This review discusses a distinctive cas...

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Autores principales: Brenner, Daniel A, Flatley, Elizabeth, Medappa Maruvanda, Sushmitha, Dadario, Nicholas B, Valdivia, Daniel J, Khosla, Meenakshi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Pediatrics
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10599208/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37885486
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.45893
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author Brenner, Daniel A
Flatley, Elizabeth
Medappa Maruvanda, Sushmitha
Dadario, Nicholas B
Valdivia, Daniel J
Khosla, Meenakshi
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Flatley, Elizabeth
Medappa Maruvanda, Sushmitha
Dadario, Nicholas B
Valdivia, Daniel J
Khosla, Meenakshi
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description Moyamoya represents a rare, progressive cerebrovascular disease, characterized by a gradual stenosis of the intracranial internal carotid arteries, thereby increasing the risk of stroke. Down syndrome is known to be a predisposing factor for Moyamoya syndrome. This review discusses a distinctive case of a seven-year-old female with Down syndrome who manifested with Moyamoya syndrome, evident from acute stroke-like symptoms.
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spelling pubmed-105992082023-10-26 Ischemic Stroke in a Seven-Year-Old Female With Down Syndrome and Newly Discovered Moyamoya Syndrome Brenner, Daniel A Flatley, Elizabeth Medappa Maruvanda, Sushmitha Dadario, Nicholas B Valdivia, Daniel J Khosla, Meenakshi Cureus Pediatrics Moyamoya represents a rare, progressive cerebrovascular disease, characterized by a gradual stenosis of the intracranial internal carotid arteries, thereby increasing the risk of stroke. Down syndrome is known to be a predisposing factor for Moyamoya syndrome. This review discusses a distinctive case of a seven-year-old female with Down syndrome who manifested with Moyamoya syndrome, evident from acute stroke-like symptoms. Cureus 2023-09-25 /pmc/articles/PMC10599208/ /pubmed/37885486 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.45893 Text en Copyright © 2023, Brenner et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
spellingShingle Pediatrics
Brenner, Daniel A
Flatley, Elizabeth
Medappa Maruvanda, Sushmitha
Dadario, Nicholas B
Valdivia, Daniel J
Khosla, Meenakshi
Ischemic Stroke in a Seven-Year-Old Female With Down Syndrome and Newly Discovered Moyamoya Syndrome
title Ischemic Stroke in a Seven-Year-Old Female With Down Syndrome and Newly Discovered Moyamoya Syndrome
title_full Ischemic Stroke in a Seven-Year-Old Female With Down Syndrome and Newly Discovered Moyamoya Syndrome
title_fullStr Ischemic Stroke in a Seven-Year-Old Female With Down Syndrome and Newly Discovered Moyamoya Syndrome
title_full_unstemmed Ischemic Stroke in a Seven-Year-Old Female With Down Syndrome and Newly Discovered Moyamoya Syndrome
title_short Ischemic Stroke in a Seven-Year-Old Female With Down Syndrome and Newly Discovered Moyamoya Syndrome
title_sort ischemic stroke in a seven-year-old female with down syndrome and newly discovered moyamoya syndrome
topic Pediatrics
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10599208/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37885486
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.45893
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