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Clinical and Computed Tomographic Correlations

Leon A. Weisberg, MD

Arch Neurol. 1982;39(1):37-40.

Abstract
• The computed tomographic (CT) findings in 34 patients in whom 45 lacunae were observed were reviewed. Twenty-four patients had a recent stroke-like clinical picture, whereas in ten patients, symptoms developed gradually. Three patients had no abnormal neurologic findings. Twenty-two patients had evidence of systemic arterial hypertension. A round or ovoid, sharply marginated, nonenhancing hypodense lesion that was smaller than 20 mm in diameter and that was seen on only two scan sections was considered characteristic of a cerebral lacuna. With the use of "high resolution" CT, the frequency of the diagnosis of cerebral lacunae by CT has markedly increased.

Author Affiliations
From the Departments of Neurology and Psychiatry, Tulane Medical School, New Orleans, and the Department of Neurology, Charity Hospital of New Orleans.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication April 14, 1981.

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