Moyamoya disease in a case of tuberculous meningoencephalitis

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چکیده

Moyamoya disease is an uncommon vascular disease, which causes obstruction and stenosis of arteries the circle Willis. This dis ease seen across world, but more common in east Asia. It may cause hemorrhagic or ischemic stroke, transient attack. Fever, vomiting convulsions, are usually suggestive infective etiology involving brain meninges. case report about a child with meningoencephalitis. Tuberculous meningoencephalitis commonest cause, India, followed by viral type. In our patient we found out that there was additional finding form moyamoya arteritis, rare children.

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ژورنال

عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Contemporary Pediatrics

سال: 2022

ISSN: ['2349-3283', '2349-3291']

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18203/2349-3291.ijcp20220094