Moyamoya Syndrome as a Severe Cerebrovascular Complication of Mucopolysaccharidosis Type I: Clinical Presentation and Underlying Mechanisms

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  • Karima Daghor-Abbaci Internal medicine department, Bab El Oued University Hospital center, Bab El Oued city, Faculty of Medicine, University of health sciences, Algiers, Algeria https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5669-5759 (unauthenticated)
  • Radhia Ait Chalal Radiology department, Bab El Oued University Hospital center, Bab El Oued city, Faculty of Medicine, University of health sciences, Algiers, Algeria
  • Hind Arzour Nephrology Department, Mustapha Bacha University Hospital Center, University of health sciences, Algiers, Algeria
  • Assia Haddouche Rheumatology department, Benaknoun University Hospital center, Faculté of Medicine, University of health sciences, Algiers, Algeria
  • Houria Saoula Department of Hepato-gastro-enterology, Bab El Oued University Hospital center, Bab El Oued city, Algiers, Algeria
  • Nazim Laraba Internal medicine department, Bab El Oued University Hospital center, Bab El Oued city, Faculty of Medicine, University of health sciences, Algiers, Algeria

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https://doi.org/10.62438/tunismed.v104i07.6678

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Figure 1: Computed tomography angiography of the supra-aortic and cerebral vessels showing long occlusions of both internal carotid arteries (black arrow) with extensive collateral vascular networks consistent with Moyamoya syndrome (red asterisk) in a patient with mucopolysaccharidosis type I

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2026-07-12

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