In children, the first symptom of Moyamoya disease is often stroke, or recurrent transient ischemic attacks (TIA, commonly referred to as “mini-strokes”), frequently accompanied by muscular weakness or paralysis affecting one side of the body, or seizures.
Adults most often experience a hemorrhagic stroke due to recurring blood clots in the affected brain vessels.
Individuals with this disorder may have disturbed consciousness, speech deficits (usually aphasia), sensory and cognitive impairments, involuntary movements, and vision problems. Because it tends to run in families, researchers think that Moyamoya disease is the result of inherited genetic abnormalities. Studies that look for the abnormal gene(s) may help reveal the biomechanisms that cause the disorder.
Moyamoya disease is a rare, progressive cerebrovascular disorder caused by blocked arteries at the base of the brain.read more
Treatment of moyamoya disease is revascularization surgery that can restore blood flow to the brain by opening narrowed blood vessels or by bypassing blocked arteries.read more