Key result
Woman with moya-moya syndrome successfully completes a full-term pregnancy despite high complication risks.
Case Report (n=1)
This case report demonstrates that full-term pregnancy is possible in patients with moyamoya syndrome despite the high risk of complications.
Supports feasibility of term pregnancy in moyamoya syndrome; hypothesis-generating and requires confirmation in larger cohorts.
Moya-moya syndrome is a rare chronic genetic disease characterized by progressive cerebral vascular occlusion and progressive stenosis of inner carotid arteries resulting in the frequent ischemic attacks and development of collateral arterial circulation. Pregnant patients with moya-moya syndrome are at high risk due to the development of complications. The authors present a case report of full-term pregnancy in a woman with moya-moya syndrome.
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Беляева et al. (2016) conducted a case report in Moya-moya syndrome and pregnancy (n=1). Pregnancy was evaluated on Pregnancy outcome. A full-term pregnancy was successfully completed in a woman with moya-moya syndrome, despite the high risk of complications associated with the disease.
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