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Familial occurrence of intracranial arterial occlusive disease (Moyamoya) in neurofibromatosis
Author(s) -
ERICKSON RobertP.,
Woolliscroft James,
Allen RichardJ.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
clinical genetics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.543
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1399-0004
pISSN - 0009-9163
DOI - 10.1111/j.1399-0004.1980.tb00870.x
Subject(s) - neurofibromatosis , moyamoya disease , medicine , etiology , neurofibromatosis type i , vascular disease , occlusive , disease , pediatrics , cardiology , radiology
Two out of six siblings with neurofibromatosis (in a sibship of eight) had clinical and roentgenographic evidence of Moyamoya‐type, intracranial arterial occlusive disease. This rare vascular complication of neurofibromatosis has not previously occurred among primary relatives. Several possible etiologies for such an association are discussed.