Dynamic spelling alexia.
Journal Article
A 59-year-old, right-handed, college-educated male examined after stroke presented spelling alexia with relative sparing of writing. He was not aphasic. A striking feature of the alexia was preserved recognition of letters printed in view by the clinician. He was able to read words through letter-by-letter oral spelling when letters were presented in this dynamic fashion. We describe this as a dynamic form of spelling alexia. Head CT scan showed a large left hemisphere posterior lesion infringing on the corpus callosum, and a right hemisphere opercular lesion. We suggest that sparing of the right parietal-occipital cortex may contribute to the remarkable sparing of dynamic letter reading.
Full Text
Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- Horner, J; Massey, EW
Published Date
- April 1986
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 49 / 4
Start / End Page
- 455 - 457
PubMed ID
- 3701357
Pubmed Central ID
- 3701357
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
- 0022-3050
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.1136/jnnp.49.4.455
Language
- eng
Conference Location
- England