Acute Confusional State Revealing Moyamoya Disease in the Emergency Department: A Rare Entity

Guerrero-Niño, Javier and Uge-Ginsberg, Sarah and Marcuyez, Pierre and Le Borgne, Pierrick and Jannot, Xavier and Lorenzo-Villalba, Noel (2021) Acute Confusional State Revealing Moyamoya Disease in the Emergency Department: A Rare Entity. European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 8 (3). pp. 1-3. ISSN ISSN: 2284-2594

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Abstract

A 54-year-old woman was admitted to the emergency department for an acute, fluctuating altered mental status and reduced perceptual awareness of her surroundings as well as disorganized thinking. Blood tests, including for drugs, were normal. A CT scan of the brain was normal. Magnetic resonance imaging and CT angiography of the supra-aortic vessels were both were consistent with moyamoya disease. The patient was hospitalized for further investigations.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Confusional state, magnetic resonance imaging, moyamoya disease
Subjects: 600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate
600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate > 610 Medicina e salute (Classificare qui la tecnologia dei servizi medici)
600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate > 610 Medicina e salute (Classificare qui la tecnologia dei servizi medici) > 616 Malattie (classificare qui la Clinica medica, la medicina basata sull'evidenza, la Medicina interna, la Medicina sperimentale)
Depositing User: Marina Spanti
Date Deposited: 21 Dec 2021 14:49
Last Modified: 21 Dec 2021 14:49
URI: http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/21202

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