"Pure alexia" without hemianopia or colour anomia.
We report a case of "pure alexia" without hemianopia or colour anomia, caused by a small subcortical haematoma in the dorso-lateral part of the occipital lobe, not affecting the splenium of the corpus callosum. It is argued that the reading disorder was due to a visual-verbal disconnection in spite of the fact that this typically is caused by a lesion in the medial part of the left occipital lobe including the splenium.
Leegaard
O F
OF
Department of Neurology, Aalborg Hospital, Denmark.
Riis
J O
JO
Andersen
G
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D000368:Aged; D000849:Anomia / Q000209:etiology*; D001037:Aphasia / Q000209:etiology*; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004411:Dyslexia, Acquired / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006406:Hematoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006423:Hemianopsia / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed