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The clinical and neuroimaging features of the pontine infarctions were compared with those of cerebral infarctions.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>The pontine infarction with PMH or hemiplegia accounted for 10.2% (12\/118) of all first-ever ischemic stroke patients and 24% (12\/50) of the patients with both PMH or hemiplegia and acute negative CT scans. Compared to the patients with cerebral infarction, the patients with pontine infarction had more frequency of diabetes mellitus (50.0% vs 5.3%, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 0.001), nonvertiginous dizziness at onset (58.3% vs 21.1%, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 0.036) and a progressive course (33.3% vs 2.6%, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 0.011).<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>The pontine infarction may present as PMH or hemiplegia with more frequency of nonvertiginous dizziness, a progressive course and diabetes mellitus. 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