Fatal ischemic stroke in a case of progressive moyamoya vasculopathy associated with uncontrolled thyrotoxicosis

Several studies have described strokes that were associated with thyrotoxic moyamoya vasculopathy [1-5]. Although a majority of these cases followed a benign disease course in a euthyroid state after the stroke, this report describes a case of fatal ischemic stroke in a patient with progressive moya...

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Published in:	The Korean journal of internal medicine Vol. 30; no. 4; pp. 543 - 546
Main Authors:	Ku, Bon D, Park, Key-Chung, Yoon, Sung Sang
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Korea (South) The Korean Association of Internal Medicine 01-07-2015 대한내과학회
Subjects:	Adult Brain Ischemia - diagnosis Brain Ischemia - etiology Cerebral Angiography Fatal Outcome Female Humans Hyperventilation - complications Letter to the Editor Moyamoya Disease - complications Moyamoya Disease - diagnosis Moyamoya Disease - therapy Risk Factors Stroke - diagnosis Stroke - etiology Thyroid Crisis - complications Thyroid Crisis - diagnosis Thyroid Crisis - therapy 내과학 Moyamoya disease Thyrotoxicosis
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Summary:	Several studies have described strokes that were associated with thyrotoxic moyamoya vasculopathy [1-5]. Although a majority of these cases followed a benign disease course in a euthyroid state after the stroke, this report describes a case of fatal ischemic stroke in a patient with progressive moyamoya vasculopathy associated with uncontrolled thyrotoxicosis. KCI Citation Count: 1
Bibliography:	SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Correspondence-1 content type line 23 ObjectType-Review-2 ObjectType-Case Study-4 ObjectType-Report-3 ObjectType-Article-5 G704-001640.2015.30.4.010
ISSN:	1226-3303 2005-6648
DOI:	10.3904/kjim.2015.30.4.543