Pure alexia without agraphia: a classical cortical syndrome revisited.
A patient who developed pure alexia without agraphia following a stroke is described. An infarction of the left occipital pole was demonstrated by Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). The literature on this rare syndrome is reviewed, and the localisation of damage in relation to the clinical findings discussed.
Duffield
J S
JS
Department of Medicine Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh.
de Silva
R N
RN
Grant
R
R
D000381:Agraphia; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D004411:Dyslexia, Acquired / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009778:Occipital Lobe / Q000473:pathology