title: Reading impairment in an adolescent with temporo-occipital epilepsy. Pre- and post-surgical evaluation.
abstract: We present a 16 year-old right-handed case who underwent a left temporo-occipital resection to treat intractable epilepsy. Pre- and post-surgical evaluations showed an average intellectual quotient, preserved abilities in language and visuo-spatial functions and increased reading and spelling deficits (difficulties with irregular words, homophones and phonologically valid spelling errors of irregularly spelled words, associated with preserved performances in non-words). This pattern of characteristic lexical route deficits highlights the major role of the temporo-occipital areas in reading acquisition. We discussed the consequences of temporo-occipital dysfunction on reading.
authors.affiliation: a Université Paris Descartes, Psychology, Boulogne Billancourt , France.
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Grosmaitre
authors.forename: Laurent
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Auclair
authors.forename: Georg
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Dorfmuller
authors.forename: Dorothée
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Leunen
authors.forename: Olivier
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Delalande
authors.forename: Martine
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Folhen
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bulteau
authors.forename: Isabelle
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Jambaqué
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D004411:Dyslexia, Acquired / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D004828:Epilepsies, Partial / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D004833:Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male