Moyamoya disease presenting with repeated ruptures of a lateral posterior choroidal artery aneurysm: illustrative case
Rie Hashizume, Shoji Yasuda, Masaki Kumagai, Hirofumi Matsubara, Yusuke Egashira, Yukiko Enomoto, Tsuyoshi Izumo · 2026
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Description
Rie Hashizume and six co-authors report a dangerous aneurysm case tied to moyamoya disease in this 2026 paper. Moyamoya narrows the brain's main arteries, forcing blood through fragile side channels where aneurysms can form. How to handle those aneurysms is unsettled.
Their patient, a fifty-four year old woman, had been symptom free for nineteen years. A bulge on a choroidal artery branch then bled into the brain's ventricles three times within ten days. Doctors sealed the six millimeter aneurysm through a catheter using a liquid agent. The treatment worked, but a stroke during the course left her with weakness on one side and major disability. The authors urge early vessel repair when such aneurysms are found, and fast direct treatment once one bursts.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Rie Hashizume, Shoji Yasuda, Masaki Kumagai, Hirofumi Matsubara, Yusuke Egashira, Yukiko Enomoto, Tsuyoshi Izumo |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 15 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |