Patients With Microhemorrhages, In Whom Hemorrhagic Strokes Were Prospectively Observed
| Age (yr)/Sex | Number of Microhemorrhages | Hemorrhagic Stroke | Associated Condition | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lobar | Deep | Location | Days* | HT | DM | |
| 71/M | 6 | 0 | Parietal lobar | 34 | − | − |
| 75/F† | 2 | 0 | Frontal lobar | 147 | + | − |
| 64/F‡ | 2 | 8 | Caudate head | 402 | + | − |
| 52/M | 0 | 9 | Thalamus | 371 | + | + |
Note.—There may be a link between the site of hemorrhagic stroke and the distribution of microhemorrhages. HT indicates hypertension; DM, diabetes mellitus.
* Days indicates number of days after the microhemorrhages were first observed on T2*-weighted gradient-echo images.
† This patient had a history of parietal lobar hemorrhage. The other three patients had no previous brain stroke.
‡ This patient had a history of myocardial infarction, pulmonary artery thromboembolism, and deep venous thrombosis, for which she received warfarin.