Radiological variables of the lesions seen in patients with multiple acute lacunar infarcts on diffusion weighted imaging, T2 weighted imaging, and gradient echo imaging
| Acute small subcortical infarcts (n) | State of index lesion | CRC* | Other small infarcts† | Acute cortical infarcts | Fazekas WML score | Micro-haemorrhage | Old small subcortical infarcts (on T2) | Old cortical infarcts (on T2) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PV | DWM | |||||||||
| *Clinical–radiological concordance. | ||||||||||
| †Location of other acute small subcortical infarcts. | ||||||||||
| B/L, bilateral; BST, brain stem; CS, centrum semiovale; DWI, diffusion weighted imaging; FPCS, fronto-parietal centrum semiovale; GRE, gradient echo; I/C, intracranial; L, left; R, right; Thal, thalamus; T2W, T2 weighted; +, positive; −, negative. | ||||||||||
| 1 | 3 | L CS | + | R, BST | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4-5 B/L | 0 |
| 2 | 2 | L CS | + | R | 1(R) | 3 | 3 | 34 | 2 B/L | 1 |
| 3 | 2 | R Thal | + | R FPCS | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1(R) | 0 |
| 4 | 2 | R (BST) | + | R (CS) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 4 | L CS | + | L+R | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2–3 B/L | 0 |
| 6 | 2 | L CS | − | R | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 (also 1 old I/C bleed) | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 2 | L CS | + | L | 0 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | 6 | L CS | − | L+R | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 B/L | 0 |
| 9 | 3 | R CS | + | R | 1(R) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 2 | L CS | + | L | 0 | 2 | 2 | No GRE done | 0 | 0 |