A case report of moyamoya disease presenting with chorea

Abstract EN

This article presents the case of a twelve-year-old girl with generalized chorea and chronic migraine headaches.

Her examination showed generalized chorea with hypotonia.

Brain magnetic resonance images showed multiple old ischemic strokes in the frontal and occipital regions, with flow void appearance in the basal ganglia region.

Brain magnetic resonance angiography showed collateral channels at the base of the brain with narrowing of the arteries of circle of Willis which is the classic picture of Moyamoya disease.