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Alexia without agraphia is a neurologic syndrome when a patient cannot read but has normal writing and verbal language skills. We present alexia without agraphia in an 8-year-old boy with acute disseminated encephalomyelitis.
Case report.
A previously healthy normally developing 8-year-old boy presented to an emergency department with the chief complaint of the inability to read. On questioning, the patient was noted to have fallen several times while getting ready for school that day but otherwise seemed fine to his parents. At school he reported to his teachers that he was unable to read. He and several family members had recently been ill with fever, vomiting, and diarrhea several days prior to this admission, but all had recovered completely.
On examination his formal mental status examination was normal aside from an isolated marked difficulty in reading. When trying to read, he could identify individual letters and some short words but could not sound out larger …
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