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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Oct 14.
Published in final edited form as: J Neurosurg. 2016 Mar 11;126(2):495–503. doi: 10.3171/2015.11.JNS15562

Table 1:

Modified Suzuki Score*

Score Description of classification
0 No evidence of disease
I Mild-to-moderate stenosis around ICA bifurcation with absent or
slightly developed ICA MMD
II Severe stenosis around the ICA bifurcation or occlusion of either
proximal anterior or MCA branches with well-developed ICA MMD
III Occlusion of both anterior and MCA branches with well-developed ICA MMD (only a few of anterior or MCA branches or both are faintly
opacified in antegrade fashion through meshwork of ICA MMD)
IV Complete occlusion of both anterior and MCA branches with absent or
small amount of ICA MMD (without opacification of either anterior or
MCA branches in antegrade fashion)

MMD = moyamoya disease.

*

Reprinted with permission from Strother MK, Anderson MD, Singer RJ, Du L, Moore RD, Shyr Y, et al: Cerebrovascular collaterals correlate with disease severity in adult North American patients with Moyamoya disease. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 35:1318–1324, 2014.