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Illustrating common late sequelae of acute small deep (lacunar) infarcts. Acute stage DWI (left column), FLAIR (middle column) and about one year later FLAIR (right column). These can: disappear (top), look like a WMH indefinitely (middle), or cavitate to create a lacune (bottom).