title: Transitory alexia without agraphia in an HIV-positive patient suffering from toxoplasma encephalitis: a case report.
abstract: An HIV-positive patient presented the classical syndrome of pure alexia. Neuroradiologic investigation by computed tomography showed a ring-like lesion in the left posterior white matter. The clinical manifestations as well as the radiologic findings resolved after antiprotozoal treatment.
authors.affiliation: Medical Policlinics, Inselspital, University of Berne, Switzerland.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lüscher
authors.forename: F F
authors.initials: FF
authors.lastname: Horber
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000381:Agraphia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D004411:Dyslexia, Acquired / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D006679:HIV Seropositivity / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D002955:Leucovorin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D008297:Male; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D011739:Pyrimethamine / Q000008:administration & dosage; D013411:Sulfadiazine / Q000008:administration & dosage; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016781:Toxoplasmosis, Cerebral / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D013411:Sulfadiazine; D002955:Leucovorin; D011739:Pyrimethamine