A rare pathology, Moyamoya disease, was successfully treated at M. Iashvili Children’s Central Hospital. A 13-year-old child was admitted to the hospital with ventricular hemorrhage. The patient had acute occlusive hydrocephalus, for which doctors decided to urgently use drainage and managed to save the life of the patient who was in shock immediately upon admission to the clinic.
Magnetic resonance imaging revealed ischemic stroke, and angiography led to the diagnosis of a rare disease, Moyamoya. This pathology involves progressive damage to the brain’s blood vessels, and its cause remains unknown to medicine. However, Iashvili’s doctors, together with leading specialists in the network, mapped out treatment paths for the patient. “Before the operation, doctors provided me with information about all possible complications. My healthy child became so suddenly ill that, to be honest, I had lost all hope. I don’t even know how to express my gratitude to the doctors,” recalls the child’s mother. The head of the hospital’s neurosurgical service and one of the patient’s treating physicians, Edisher Magalashvili, says that with joint efforts, it was possible to overcome this rare disease: “We made the decision to perform pial synangiosis, which involves fixing the superficial temporal artery to the brain tissue. This method ultimately stimulates the formation of new blood vessels and significantly reduces the risk of developing ischemic stroke in the future.” The treatment was successful, and the child has returned to their normal rhythm of life.