Dynamic spelling alexia. Issue 4 (April 1986)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Horner, J; Massey, E W
• Is Part Of: Journal of neurology, neurosurgery and psychiatry. Volume 49:Issue 4(1986)
• Page Start: 455
• Page End: 457
• Publication Date: 1986-04
• Subjects: Neurology -- Periodicals; Nervous system -- Surgery -- Periodicals; Psychiatry -- Periodicals; 616.8
• DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.49.4.455
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0022-3050

Abstract

Abstract : 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.