[Cerebral ischemic malacia. A retrospective study of CAT scan-documented cases].

One hundred male patients affected by ischaemic stroke were studied with the use of CT scans. A clinical-biohumoral pattern was traced for every patient, with particular regard to the incidence of risk factors for stroke of which systolic arterial hypertension, appear to be the most frequent. It would be useful to extend this research to female patients as well in order to discover any significant differences between sexes.