title: Right unilateral dyscopia of letters in alexia without agraphia.
abstract: In two cases of pure alexia with computed tomography (CT) evidence of lesions in the left occipital lobe, the left hand copied letters normally, but the right hand copied defectively. The findings reinforce the disconnection theory of alexia without agraphia.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000381:Agraphia / Q000150:complications*; D004411:Dyslexia, Acquired / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006236:Handwriting; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009778:Occipital Lobe / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed