Fig. 1

MRI findings of acute infarction in bilateral thalami and midbrain. Axial magnetic resonance images 1 day post-stroke demonstrating acute infarcts of the thalami and midbrain bilaterally (yellow arrow) as confirmed with increased signal on diffusion weighted imaging (a-d), corresponding signal drop out on apparent diffusion coefficient map (e-h), and hyperintensity on fluid attenuation inversion recovery sequences (i-l). For each row of images, axial slices are arranged caudally to rostrally