Female, 61 years old, with left-sided weakness and numbness. No restricted diffusion is seen to suggest acute ischemia. Scattered small foci of T2 hyperintensity are demonstrated in the periventricular and subcortical white matter. No evidence of parenchymal edema or mass effect is seen. No intracranial hemorrhage or abnormal extra-axial fluid is detected. The ventricular system is normal in size and morphology.
1.No evidence of acute ischemia.2.Numerous scattered small white matter lesions are nonspecific but most commonly reflect chronic microvascular ischemic disease.