["Sub-angular" alexis and associated neuropsychologic signs: clinical and tomodensitometric study]

A clinical case of alexia without agraphia is reported. The computerized tomography (CT) showed a left sub-cortical parieto-occipital hemorrhage. The cortical lesion probably involved the posterior part of the angular gyrus but spared the medial occipital cortex. There was no evidence of a corpus callosum lesion. The clinical findings associated with the alexia and the localisation of the haematoma could be compared to the case reported by Greenblatt as a "subangular alexia" and considered as a disconnection of the left angular gyrus from right angular gyrus and both left and right occipital areas. The semiological aspects of the present case have been found to consistently differ from the classical forms of alexia usually described. Some common features with phonological alexia have been observed.