Table 2:
Number of patients presenting with areas of significant (≥3 on the visual scale) increased signal/decreased ADC in the different brain structuresa
| N = 31 | FLAIR | DWI |
|---|---|---|
| Frontal | 17 | 25 |
| Parietal | 15 | 18 |
| Temporal | 14 | 18 |
| Occipital | 11 | 13 |
| Insula | 11 | 15 |
| Cortex, all | 19 | 26 |
| Lenticular | 18 | 23 |
| Caudate | 16 | 23 |
| Thalamus | 6 | 11 |
| Basal ganglia, all | 20 | 25 |
| Brain stem | 1 | 2 |
| Global | 26 | 29 |
a
The most frequently involved cerebral lobes are the frontal, the temporal, and the parietal. In the deep brain structures, the lenticular and the caudate nuclei are affected in a similar number of patients