Moyamoya Disease - something else to exclude...

[merylg]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22558457

http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/moyamoya/moyamoya.htm

hmmm..."disturbed consciousness, speech deficits (usually aphasia), sensory & cognitive impairments, involuntary movements & vision problems"..."runs in families"...therefore thought to be "the result of inherited genetic abnormalities"...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphasia

 

[merylg]

Etiology: http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1180952-overview#aw2aab6b2b2aa

interesting the association with Marfan's Syndrome.