Open AccessAcute Confusional State Revealing Moyamoya Disease in the Emergency Department: A Rare Entity
Author(s) -
Javier Guerrero-Niño,
Sarah Uge-Ginsberg,
Pierre Marcueyz,
Pierrick Le Borgne,
Xavier Jannot,
Noël Lorenzo-Villalba
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
european journal of case reports in internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.125
H-Index - 1
ISSN - 2284-2594
DOI - 10.12890/2021_002431
Subject(s) - medicine , moyamoya disease , emergency department , magnetic resonance imaging , disease , mental state , angiography , radiology , pediatrics , computed tomography , magnetic resonance angiography , psychiatry
A 54-year-old woman was admitted to the emergency department for an acute, fluctuating altered mental status and reduced perceptual awareness of her surroundings as well as disorganized thinking. Blood tests, including for drugs, were normal. A CT scan of the brain was normal. Magnetic resonance imaging and CT angiography of the supra-aortic vessels were both were consistent with moyamoya disease. The patient was hospitalized for further investigations.