Progressive stenosis and radiological findings of vasculitis over the entire internal carotid artery in moyamoya vasculopathy associated with graves' disease: a case report and review of the literature.
Hiroto ItoSyunsuke YokoiKinya YokoyamaTakumi AsaiKenji UdaYoshio ArakiSyuntaro TakasuRei KobayashiHisashi OkadaSatoshi OkudaPublished in: BMC neurology (2019)
We report the details of progressive stenosis from a very early stage and radiological findings of vasculitis over the entire ICA in MMV associated with GD. Cerebral infarction can occur with no obvious stenosis of the ICA. We treated the patient as per vasculitis of a medium-to-large vessel. Management of GD by ATM alone seems risky in terms of recurrence. Adequate management of GD and possible vasculitis may be important for preventing recurrence and progression.