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Rapidly Progressing Moyamoya Syndrome Secondary to Meningovascular Neurosyphilis and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
- Source :
- Cureus
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Cureus, 2021.
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Abstract
- Moyamoya syndrome is a chronic and progressive narrowing of the arteries in the brain caused by different mechanisms than the genetic mutation that leads to moyamoya disease. It is characterized by the narrowing and/or closing of the carotid artery with a collateral circulation development around the blocked vessels to compensate for the ischemia. In this report, we present a unique case of moyamoya syndrome that developed over the course of a few months in a patient with new-onset strokes and seizures in the setting of late diagnosis of neurosyphilis and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). To our knowledge, moyamoya syndrome secondary to coinfection with AIDS and meningovascular neurosyphilis has only been reported once in the literature.
- Subjects :
- Pediatrics
medicine.medical_specialty
human immunodeficiency virus
business.industry
moyamoya syndrome
General Engineering
Ischemia
Infectious Disease
medicine.disease
Collateral circulation
stroke
vasculitis
Neurosyphilis
Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)
Neurology
Coinfection
medicine
neurosyphilis
HIV/AIDS
Moyamoya disease
Vasculitis
business
Stroke
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 21688184
- Volume :
- 13
- Issue :
- 7
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Cureus
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....cc3016677ab719d5c8e09dab40753b60