Kantisa Sirianansopa,1,2 Reshma Amin,2â 4 Jackie Chiang2,3 1Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University, Songkhla, Thailand; 2Division of Respiratory Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; 3Department of Pediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; 4Child Health and Evaluative Science, SickKids Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaCorrespondence: Reshma Amin, Department of Pediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5G 1X8, Tel +1 416-813-7654 ext. 415683, Email reshma.amin@sickkids.caPurpose: This study aimed to describe the polysomnographic characteristics and sleep-related symptoms in pediatric patients with Moyamoya arteriopathy (MMA) referred for sleep evaluation.Patients and Methods: We conducted a retrospective case series of pediatric patients with MMA who were referred to the sleep clinic at The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada, and underwent level 1 polysomnography (PSG) between 2014 and 2024. Clinical, demographic, genetic, and sleep-related data, including PSG and multiple sleep latency test (MSLT) findings were reviewed.Results: Eleven pediatric patients were included, with a median (IQR) age of 15 (13, 17) years. Sleep fragmentation was commonly observed on PSG (n=10, 90.9%), while no patients demonstrated clinically significant sleep-disordered breathing. A trend toward shorter REM latency was noted compared with age-matched normative values. Daytime fatigue was the most frequently reported symptom (n=6, 54.5%). Two patients underwent MSLT due to persistent hypersomnolence; one met diagnostic criteria for narcolepsy.Conclusion: In this retrospective case series, sleep fragmentation and a trend toward shorter REM latency were commonly observed in pediatric patients with MMA. However, given the small sample size and absence of pre-revascularization baseline data, these findings should be interpreted with caution. These results are descriptive and hypothesis-generating, and further prospective studies are needed to better understand sleep disturbances in this population.Keywords: moyamoya arteriopathy, sleep fragmentation, REM latency, hypersomnolence, polysomnography, pediatric
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