Rapid and near-complete resolution of moyamoya vessels in a patient with moyamoya disease treated with superficial temporal artery-middle cerebral artery bypass

Pediatr Neurosurg. 1996;24(3):145-50. doi: 10.1159/000121031.

Abstract

Several groups have reported partial resolution of moyamoya vessels following surgical revascularization in pediatric patients, but angiographic documentation of near-complete resolution has been poor. We report here a case of a 5-year-old boy who underwent bilateral superficial temporal artery-middle cerebral artery bypass combined with unilateral encephaloduroarteriosynangiosis who demonstrated near-complete resolution of moyamoya vessels and a dramatic improvement in cerebral perfusion as measured by xenon-enhanced CT. The resolution of moyamoya networks may serve as an indicator of successful surgical revascularization.

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

  • Blood Flow Velocity / physiology
  • Cerebral Angiography
  • Cerebral Cortex / blood supply
  • Cerebral Revascularization*
  • Child, Preschool
  • Dominance, Cerebral / physiology
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Moyamoya Disease / diagnosis
  • Moyamoya Disease / surgery*
  • Neurologic Examination
  • Postoperative Complications / diagnosis
  • Regional Blood Flow / physiology
  • Tomography, Emission-Computed