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Graves' Thyrotoxicosis and Moyamoya Disease

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2015

Kenji Kushima*
Affiliation:
Third Department of Internal Medicine, Tokyo
Yutaka Satoh
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology, Tokyo
Yoshio Ban
Affiliation:
Third Department of Internal Medicine, Tokyo
Matsuo Taniyama
Affiliation:
Third Department of Internal Medicine, Tokyo
Kunihiko Ito
Affiliation:
Showa University School of Medicine, Ito Hospital, Tokyo
Koujiro Sugita*
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology, Tokyo
*
3rd Dept. of Internal Medicine, Showa University School of Medicine, 1-5-8 Hatanodai Shinagawa-ku Tokyo, Japan (142)
3rd Dept. of Internal Medicine, Showa University School of Medicine, 1-5-8 Hatanodai Shinagawa-ku Tokyo, Japan (142)
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Abstract:

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Cerebrovascular accidents due to Moyamoya disease, a disorder characterized by arterial stenosis at the base of the brain accompanied by typical net-like collateral vessels, occurred in two young Japanese women with Graves' disease when they were in thyrotoxicosis. In one patient, a second attack of cerebral infarction occurred with the recurrence of thyrotoxicosis. Association of Moyamoya disease and Graves' thyrotoxicosis is rare and the pathegenetic relationship is discussed.

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Copyright © Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation 1991

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