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Neuroimaging Diagnosis and the Collateral Circulation in Moyamoya Disease

Author(s) -

Wenhua Liu,

Gelin Xu,

Xinfeng Liu

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

interventional neurology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.07

H-Index - 5

eISSN - 1664-9737

pISSN - 1664-5545

DOI - 10.1159/000346765

Subject(s) - moyamoya disease , medicine , collateral circulation , neuroimaging , radiology , collateral , cardiology , stenosis , ischemia , angiography , internal carotid artery , disease , cerebral circulation , cerebral angiography , finance , psychiatry , economics

Moyamoya disease (MMD) is an uncommon cerebrovascular disease that is characterized by progressive stenosis of the terminal portion of the internal carotid artery and its main branches, which is accompanied by the development of dilated, fragile collateral vessels at the base of the brain. This review will present different neuroimaging modalities for the diagnosis of MMD. Importantly, we will discuss the role of hyperintense vessels on fluid-attenuated inversion recovery images and their contribution to the evaluation of collateral patterns in MMD patients. Additionally, this review will summarize these common collateral patterns of MMD assessed by conventional cerebral angiography, and the associations of these angiographic collateral patterns with cerebrovascular lesions, including ischemia and hemorrhage will also be reviewed.

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