Table 2.

The MRI (A) Findings of Pontine Infarction Patients with PMH or Hemiplegia

Case No.	lesions on MRI	MRA findings
1	22 × 15 × 21 mm3 in left basal and dorsal pontine pons and midbrain	Stenosis in bilateral PCA
2	12 × 10 × 12 mm3 in right basal and dorsal pons	No intracranial large-vessel atherothrombosis or stenosis
3	21 × 18 × 14 mm3 in left basal and dorsal pons, multiple lacunar infarctions in bilateral cerebral hemisphere and basal ganglia	Stenosis in left PCA and M2 segment of bilateral MCA
4	20 × 10 × 14 mm3 in right basal and dorsal pon, multiple lacunar infarctions in bilateral parietofrontal lobe and basal ganglia	Atherosclerosis
5	15 × 12 × 20 mm3 in left basal and dorsal pons and basal cerebral peduncle, multiple lacuner infarctions in bilateral subcortex regions and basal ganglia	Atherosclerosis
6	12 × 8 × 7 mm3 in left basal and dorsal pons, lesion involving the level of the pontomedullary junction	Atherosclerosis
7	20 × 10 × 10 mm3 in basal and dorsal part of left pons	No intracranial large-vessel atherothrombosis or stenosis
8	8 × 8 × 14 mm3 in left basal and dorsal pons, multiple lacuner infarctions in bilateral parietofrontal lobes	No intracranial large- vessel atherothrombosis or stenosis
9	14 × 10 × 14 mm3 in right basal and dorsal pons	Atherosclerosis
10	5 × 10 × 14 mm3 in left basal and dorsal pons and 6 × 8 × 10 mm3 in left basal and dorsal pons, multiple infarctions in bilateral subcortex regions and basal ganglia	Stenosis in M2 segment of lacunar right MCA and bilateral PCA
11	18 × 12 × 14 mm3 in left basal and dorsal pons	No intracranial large-vessel atherothrombosis or stenosis
12	15 × 12 × 10 mm3 in left basal and dorsal pons	Atherosclerosis