Open AccessMoyamoya disease presenting as an intraventricular haemorrhage in an adult African male
Author(s) -
Eli Silber,
Peter Szkup,
D Saffer
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
sa journal of radiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.18
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 2078-6778
pISSN - 1027-202X
DOI - 10.4102/sajr.v2i3.1640
Subject(s) - medicine , moyamoya disease , disease , central nervous system , pathology , radiology
Moyamoya disease is a chronic non-inflammatory arteriopathy affecting vessels of the central nervous system, described rarely in non-Oriental populations. We document this condition in a middle -aged African male with typical clinical and angiographic features and review the current literature.