Female, 43 years old, with left-sided weakness and word finding difficulty. Assess for stroke. Two or three small foci of nonspecific T2 hyperintensity are evident within the cerebral white matter. The cerebral and cerebellar hemispheres and brainstem otherwise show normal signal intensity and morphology. No restricted diffusion is seen.The pattern of parenchymal enhancement is within normal limits. No evidence of parenchymal edema, mass, or mass effect is seen. There is no evidence of intracranial hemorrhage or abnormal extra-axial fluid. The ventricular system is normal in caliber and morphology. Signal intensity of the bone marrow is unremarkable. No significant abnormalities of the paranasal sinuses are detected. Staphyloma of the left globe is noted.
No acute intracranial abnormality, and in particular, no evidence of acute ischemia.