Transitory alexia without agraphia: a disconnection syndrome due to neurocysticercosis.
Neurol India
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2004 Sep; 52(3): 378-9
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in English
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ABSTRACT
We describe a 65-year-old male who presented with acute onset inability to read, without any difficulty in writing. A clinical diagnosis of alexia without agraphia was made and the patient was subjected to routine investigations including contrast MRI. MRI showed a ring-enhancing lesion in left occipital area, suggestive of neurocysticercosis supported by quantitative enzyme-linked immunosorbant assay from purified cell fraction of taenia solium cysticerci (PCF-ELISA). Patient was treated with albendazole and prednisolone for one week. The clinical manifestation as well as the radiological finding resolved after treatment.
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Brain
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Aged
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Humans
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Male
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Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
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Prednisolone
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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Albendazole
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Neurocysticercosis
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Alexia, Pure
Language:
English
Journal:
Neurol India
Year:
2004
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Article
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