ALEXIA WITHOUT EITHER AGRAPHIA OR HEMIANOPIA IN TEMPORAL-LOBE LESION DUE TO HERPES-SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS

We report a case of alexia without either agraphia or hemianopia follo wing herpes simplex encephalitis. The patient had a temporal lobe lesi on with involvement of the occipitotemporal gyrus. This is an unusual cause of alexia without agraphia. The location of the lesion supports the view that transcallosal fibers from the right hemisphere to the le ft angular gyrus course inferior to the posterior horn of the left lat eral ventricle and pass close to the left occipitotemporal gyrus.