Case 40-2021: A 9-Year-Old Boy with Transient Weakness, Facial Droop, and Slurred Speech

N Engl J Med. 2021 Dec 30;385(27):2563-2572. doi: 10.1056/NEJMcpc2107358.

Authors

Miya E Bernson-Leung¹, Otto Rapalino¹, Melissa A Walker¹, William E Butler¹

Affiliation

¹ From the Department of Neurology, Boston Children's Hospital (M.E.B.-L.), the Departments of Neurology (M.E.B.-L., M.A.W.), Radiology (O.R.), and Neurosurgery (W.E.B.), Harvard Medical School, and the Departments of Radiology (O.R.), Neurology (M.A.W.), and Neurosurgery (W.E.B.), Massachusetts General Hospital - all in Boston.

PMID: 34965341
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMcpc2107358

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Publication types

Case Reports
Clinical Conference

MeSH terms

Brain / diagnostic imaging
Carotid Artery, Internal / diagnostic imaging
Carotid Artery, Internal / pathology
Carotid Artery, Internal / surgery*
Cerebral Revascularization
Child
Computed Tomography Angiography
Diagnosis, Differential
Facial Paralysis / etiology
Humans
Male
Moyamoya Disease / complications
Moyamoya Disease / diagnosis*
Moyamoya Disease / surgery
Neuroimaging
Speech Disorders / etiology