Case Report
Moya Moya Disease in a 5 Year Child-presenting as Hemiparesis with Medullary Sponge Kidneys
Rahul Gandhi*, Jitender and Vineet AnandDepartment of pediatrics, Adesh medical college and hospital, Shahabad, Haryana, India
- *Corresponding Author:
- Rahul Gandhi
Department of Pediatrics
Adesh medical college and hospital
Shahabad, Haryana, India
Tel: 8529820982
E-mail: rahulpaeds@gmail.com
Received Date: May 16, 2017; Accepted Date: May 29, 2017; Published Date: June 7, 2017
Citation: Gandhi R, Jitender, Anand V (2017) Moyamoya Disease in a 5 Year Child-presenting as Hemiparesis with Medullary Sponge Kidneys. J Pediatr Neurol Disord 3: 114. doi:10.4172/2572-5203.1000114
Copyright: © 2017 Gandhi R, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
Moya moya disease is a very rare cause of acute stroke in pediatrics age group. The disease was first described by Takeuchi and Shmuziin 1957.since the disease is common in japan and cases have been reported mostly in japan but cases have been reported rarely from non-Japanese regions including India. Moya moya disease is a progressive steno occlusive disease at terminal portion of internal carotid arteried with development of collateral channels of circulation. We report a case of 5 years male child who presented with history of fall 1 day back followed by sudden loss of speech and weakness of right side of the body. Patient was diagnosed moya moya disease on basis of MRI angiography.
