Unilateral Symptomatic Intracranial Arterial Stenosis and Myopathy in an Adolescent with Graves Disease: A Case Report of an High-resolution Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study

• DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2014.08.030
• Publication Date: 2014-11-08T22:04:49Z
• Authors: Jia Yin; Jiajia Zhu; Dongling Huang; Changzheng Shi; Yuqing Guan; Liang Zhou; Suyue Pan
• Keywords: Hemiparesis; Inflammatory myopathy

Vascular and muscular involvements in Graves disease (GD) are rare. Here, we report a case of a 17-year-old patient with unilateral symptomatic middle cerebral artery stenosis concurrent with GD and myopathy. He presented with a 1-day history of acute severe right-sided hemiparesis and aphasia and a 3-week history of high metabolic syndrome. The pathogenesis of the stenosis is most likely vasculitis rather than atherosclerosis, based on contrast-enhanced high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging showing concentric wall enhancement. We suggest that lipid storage myopathy is secondary to GD, and it is likely mitochondrial dysfunction or immune dysfunction induced by GD responsible for the myopathy and that magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) is capable of establishing the diagnosis of myopathy. Thus, MRS can be used for follow-up evaluations of the myopathy along with the pathology biopsy.