Figure 1. Two representative slices from the diffusion tensor images (A,B) and the trace images (C,D) in a 55-year-old male smoker (patient No. 3) who presented with a right hemiplegia, right seventh nerve palsy and dysarthria. The diffusion tensor imaging demonstrates displacement of the internal and external capsules (arrows) by an acute stroke based on the left corpus striatum extending into the corona radiata. The trace images confirm an acute ischaemic event.