Volume: 6 Issue: 3
Year: 2018, Page: 82-83,
Introduction :Moya Moya disease is an entity, which represents chronic idiopathic non-inflammatory progressive occlusion of circle of Willis, which in course of time leads to development of collateral vessels. It is more common in Japanese individuals. This should be considered as a differential in young stroke. Here we present a case of 8-year-old young female with right hemiparesis and headache with a known history of seizure disorder.
Keywords: Moya Moya , puff of smoke, IVY sign
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Ashrith G, Vikas C, Ramesh T. Moya Moya disease. Perspectives in Medical Research 2018; 6(3):82-83.