A Case of Cerebral Arterial Occlusion with Retinitis Pigmentosa

Abstract

This is the first case of cerebral arterial occlusion with hereditary retinitis pigmentosa in a 9-year-old Japanese boy. The cerebral arterial occlusion in childhood is multietiological and this report of a rare combination might give some suggestion concerning the etiology of the disease.

The cases of cerebral arterial occlusion in childhood, including moyamoya disease, have been reported not exclusively from Japan (Suzuki et al 1965, 1969, Nishimoto et al 1968), but also from other countries (Galligioni et al 1971, Hahnen et al 1973). The etiology, however, is still unknown in most cases and controversial (Nishimoto et al 1968, Taveras 1969, Vuia et al 1970, Galligioni et al 1971, Hahnen et al 1973, Schrager et al 1977, Seeler et al 1978).

Key words

Cerebral arterial occlusion - Moyamoya disease - HLA - Retinitis pigmentosa