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Journal of Pediatric Neuroradiology 2014; 03(01): 049-051
DOI: 10.3233/PNR-14086
Case Report
Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart – New York

Collateral circulation through the vasocorona of the cervical spinal cord in a case of moyamoya syndrome

Monica S. Pearl
a   Division of Interventional Neuroradiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
,
Edward Ahn
b   Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
,
Lydia Gregg
a   Division of Interventional Neuroradiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
,
Philippe Gailloud
a   Division of Interventional Neuroradiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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09 March 2013

10 October 2013

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29 July 2015 (online)

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Abstract

The spinal cord is covered by a functionally important pial arterial network described by Adamkiewicz in 1881 under the name of vasocorona. This arterial network loosely interconnects the anterior and posterior longitudinal axes and may become enlarged under pathological circumstances. We report here a case of moyamoya syndrome in a 2-year-old boy with bilateral vertebral artery occlusion, in which the collateral supply to the basilar artery occurred via a dilated portion of the vasocorona of the upper cervical spinal cord.

Keywords

Vasocorona - moyamoya - Keutel syndrome