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Chronic lacunar infarct
Asking for my mother (62 years old), her MRI report showed chronic lacunar infarct in both gangliocapsular region and white matter hyperintensity in bilateral subcortical frontal white matter and periventricular frontoparietal white matter in centrum semiovale.
My question is , it this serious ? as our neurologist said it's common for her age , please do reply as you must have encountered this in patient and please let me know ,is this life threatening?
She's already on clopivas (clopidogrel) for blood thinner and atorvastatin for cholesterol and BP medicines ( metrosartan and cilnidipine)
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