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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Apr 20.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2021 Jul 6;207:106798. doi: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2021.106798

Table 3:

Distribution of cerebral microbleed for each location based on Microbleed Anatomical Rating Scale (MARS)

Location of microbleed Definite Possible
1. Lobar, n (%) 25 (13) 9 (5)
 a) Frontal 18 (9) 8 (4)
 b) Parietal 15 (8) 4 (2)
 c) Temporal 15 (8) 5 (3)
 d) Occipital 15 (8) 2 (1)
 e) Insula 0 (0) 0 (0)
2. Deep, n (%) 26 (13) 13 (7)
 a) Basal ganglia 11 (6) 9 (5)
 b) Internal capsule 2 (1) 1 (1)
 c) External capsule 4 (2) 0 (0)
 d) Corpus callosum 2 (1) 0 (0)
 e) Thalamus 16 (8) 3 (2)
 f) Deep and periventricular white matter 6 (3) 0 (0)
3. Infratentorial, n (%) 19 (10) 7 (4)
 a) Brainstem 7 (4) 3 (2)
 b) Cerebellum 16 (8) 6 (3)