Table 1:

Modified Suzuki scoring

ScoreDescription of classification
0No evidence of disease
IMild-to-moderate stenosis around ICA bifurcation with absent or slightly developed ICA MMDa
IISevere stenosis around the ICA bifurcation or occlusion of either proximal anterior or MCA branches with well-developed ICA MMD
IIIOcclusion 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)
IVComplete 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)
  • a ICA Moyamoya disease indicates perforating collateral vessels at or around the terminal ICA.