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Table 2 Characteristics of 26 IAS patients with positive anti-thyroid antibodies

From: Intracranial arterial stenosis associated with Hashimoto’s disease: angiographic features and clinical outcomes

 

No. of patients

Number of patients

26

Mean age at diagnosis ± SD (range)

56.4 ± 13.2 (35–79)

Females

19 (73.1%)

Bilateral

16 (61.5%)

Symptoms at onset

 TIA

12 (46.2%)

 Cerebral infarction

7 (26.9%)

 Hemorrhage

3 (11.5%)

 Asymptomatic

4 (15.4%)

Hypertension

19 (73.1%)

Diabetes mellitus

5 (19.2%)

Hyperlipidemia

10 (38.5%)

Hypothyroidism

16 (61.5%)

Family history

 Moyamoya disease

3 (11.5%)

 Thyroid disease

1 (3.8%)