Table 9.
Types and location of cerebrovascular lesions in vascular dementia (total 188, personal series).
| 1) MULTIPLE INFARCTS (61 = 32.5%) | |
| ACM bilateral | 4 |
| ACM left/right | 9 |
| ACM bilat. + ACPS/ACPD | 2/1 |
| ACM bilat. + ACP bilat. | 2 |
| ACMS + ACPS | 4 |
| ACMD + ACPD | 4 |
| ACP bilateral | 3 |
| ACP left/right | 5/7 |
| ACAS + ACMS | 2 |
| ACAD | 1 |
| multiple cortico-subcortical bilateral | 12 |
| multiple cortico-subcortical left hem. | 2 |
| 2) SAE (SUBCORTICAL) (108 = 57.4%) | |
| Basal ganglia | 21 |
| Basal ganglia + white matter | 31 |
| Basal ganglia + thalamus (+ white matter) | 33 |
| Basal ganglia brainstem (+ thalamus) | 23 |
| 3) SID/STRATEGIC INFARCTS (19 = 10.1%) | |
| Thalamus bilateral | 9 |
| Thalamus left | 2 |
| Thalamus + hippocampus | 8 |
ACA, anterior cerebral artery; ACM, middle cerebral artery; ACP, posterior cerebral artery; D, S, right, left; SAE, subcortical arteriosclerotic encephalopathy; SID, strategic infarct dementia.