Moyamoya disease

Learn about Moyamoya brain disease, a progressive blood vessel disorder affecting the brain, which can lead to stroke, aneurysm or bleeding in the brain.

We stand in solidarity with those living with Moyamoya Disease and recognize World Moyamoya Awareness Day on May 6th.

Motivational e-book providing an insight to the world of patients with Moyamoya Disease - 38 different patient stories

How did I feel when I found out that I had Moyamoya Disease? I thought that I would literally fade away. I was told that I would slip away from this world right after I was diagnosed by a few peop…

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Moyamoya disease is a rare and progressive cerebrovascular disorder caused by artery blockage in the basal ganglia at the base of the brain. The Japanese research team that first identified the disease named it “moyamoya,” meaning “puff of smoke,” due to the appearance of the small tangled vessels that form to circumvent the blockage in...

May 6th is World Moyamoya Day! Moyamoya is a rare disease that effects the arteries in your brain. The arteries become blocked or “tangled” and can cause strokes and other sympt…

This rare condition makes patients vulnerable to strokes, transient ischemic attacks and other ischemic events.