Table 1 Final diagnoses and DWI findings according to type of lacunar syndrome.
| Lacunar syndrome | Total (%) | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PMS/AH | SMS | DCH | PSS | ||||||||
| Diagnosis | |||||||||||
| Ischaemic stroke | 81 | 28 | 17 | 5 | 131 (87) | ||||||
| Haemorrhagic stroke | 13 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 20 (13) | ||||||
| DWI finding | |||||||||||
| High signal intensity | 76 | 22 | 17 | 5 | 120 (79) | ||||||
| Mixed signal intensity | 13 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 21 (14) | ||||||
| Unremarkable | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 (7) | ||||||
| Total (%) | 94 (62) | 35 (24) | 17 (11) | 5 (3) | 151 | ||||||
DWI, diffusion weighted imaging; PMS, pure motor stroke; AH, ataxic hemiparesis; SMS, sensorimotor stroke; DCH, dysarthria clumsy hand syndrome; PSS, pure sensory stroke.