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Dyslexia, Acquired

MedGen UID:
3936
•Concept ID:
C0013388
•
Mental or Behavioral Dysfunction
Synonyms: Acquired Dyslexia; Acquired Reading Disabilities; Acquired Reading Disability; Acquired Word Blindness; Acquired Word Blindnesses; Blindness, Acquired Word; Blindnesses, Acquired Word; Disabilities, Acquired Reading; Disability, Acquired Reading; Reading Disabilities, Acquired; Reading Disability, Acquired; Word Blindness, Acquired; Word Blindnesses, Acquired

Definition

A receptive visual aphasia characterized by the loss of a previously possessed ability to comprehend the meaning or significance of handwritten words, despite intact vision. This condition may be associated with posterior cerebral artery infarction (INFARCTION, POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY) and other BRAIN DISEASES. [from MeSH]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVDyslexia, Acquired

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Multi-step treatment for acquired alexia and agraphia (part II): a dual-route error scoring system.
Ross K, Johnson JP, Kiran S
Neuropsychol Rehabil 2019 May;29(4):565-604. Epub 2017 Apr 19 doi: 10.1080/09602011.2017.1311796. PMID: 28421910
Treatment of reading impairment after stroke.
Leff AP, Behrmann M
Curr Opin Neurol 2008 Dec;21(6):644-8. doi: 10.1097/WCO.0b013e3283168dc7. PMID: 18989106
Acquired alexia in multilingual aphasia and computer-assisted treatment in both languages: issues of generalisation and transfer.
Laganaro M, Overton Venet M
Folia Phoniatr Logop 2001 May-Jun;53(3):135-44. doi: 10.1159/000052668. PMID: 11316940

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Word Reading and Spelling Processing and Acquired Dyslexia post Unilateral Stroke.
de Carvalho Rodrigues J, Pioli Dos Santos D, de Bitencourt Fél D, de Salles JF
J Psycholinguist Res 2023 Aug;52(4):1017-1035. Epub 2023 Apr 6 doi: 10.1007/s10936-023-09951-6. PMID: 37022628
Compensatory role of verbal learning and consolidation in reading and spelling of children with dyslexia.
van Rijthoven R, Kleemans T, Segers E, Verhoeven L
Ann Dyslexia 2022 Oct;72(3):461-486. Epub 2022 Jul 15 doi: 10.1007/s11881-022-00264-2. PMID: 35838856Free PMC Article
Acquired dyslexia in Serbian speakers with Broca's and Wernicke's aphasia.
Vuković M, Vuković I, Miller N
J Commun Disord 2016 May-Jun;61:106-118. Epub 2016 Apr 11 doi: 10.1016/j.jcomdis.2016.04.005. PMID: 27135368
Spatial alexia.
Ardila A, Rosselli M
Int J Neurosci 1994 May;76(1-2):49-59. doi: 10.3109/00207459408985991. PMID: 7960468
Associative visual agnosia.
Rubens AB, Benson DF
Arch Neurol 1971 Apr;24(4):305-16. doi: 10.1001/archneur.1971.00480340037003. PMID: 5548450

Diagnosis

Acquired dyslexia in Serbian speakers with Broca's and Wernicke's aphasia.
Vuković M, Vuković I, Miller N
J Commun Disord 2016 May-Jun;61:106-118. Epub 2016 Apr 11 doi: 10.1016/j.jcomdis.2016.04.005. PMID: 27135368
The 20/20 patient who can't read.
Rodriguez AR, Barton JJ
Can J Ophthalmol 2015 Aug;50(4):257-64. doi: 10.1016/j.jcjo.2015.05.013. PMID: 26257217
Naming disorders anomic aphasia.
Lorwatanapongsa P
J Med Assoc Thai 2005 Sep;88 Suppl 4:S369-72. PMID: 16623057
Alexia and related reading disorders.
Bub D
Neurol Clin 2003 May;21(2):549-68. doi: 10.1016/s0733-8619(02)00099-3. PMID: 12916491
Left hemiparalexia.
Binder JR, Lazar RM, Tatemichi TK, Mohr JP, Desmond DW, Ciecierski KA
Neurology 1992 Mar;42(3 Pt 1):562-9. doi: 10.1212/wnl.42.3.562. PMID: 1307679

Therapy

Phonological and surface dyslexia in individuals with brain tumors: Performance pre-, intra-, immediately post-surgery and at follow-up.
Tomasino B, Ius T, Skrap M, Luzzatti C
Hum Brain Mapp 2020 Dec;41(17):5015-5031. Epub 2020 Aug 28 doi: 10.1002/hbm.25176. PMID: 32857483Free PMC Article
Facilitating text reading in posterior cortical atrophy.
Yong KX, Rajdev K, Shakespeare TJ, Leff AP, Crutch SJ
Neurology 2015 Jul 28;85(4):339-48. Epub 2015 Jul 2 doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000001782. PMID: 26138948Free PMC Article
The anatomical foundations of acquired reading disorders: a neuropsychological verification of the dual-route model of reading.
Ripamonti E, Aggujaro S, Molteni F, Zonca G, Frustaci M, Luzzatti C
Brain Lang 2014 Jul;134:44-67. Epub 2014 May 9 doi: 10.1016/j.bandl.2014.04.001. PMID: 24815949
Cotard syndrome in semantic dementia.
Mendez MF, Ramírez-Bermúdez J
Psychosomatics 2011 Nov-Dec;52(6):571-4. doi: 10.1016/j.psym.2011.06.004. PMID: 22054629Free PMC Article
Reversible alexia, mitochondrial myopathy, and lactic acidemia.
Skoglund RR
Neurology 1979 May;29(5):717-20. doi: 10.1212/wnl.29.5.717. PMID: 571570

Prognosis

Compensatory role of verbal learning and consolidation in reading and spelling of children with dyslexia.
van Rijthoven R, Kleemans T, Segers E, Verhoeven L
Ann Dyslexia 2022 Oct;72(3):461-486. Epub 2022 Jul 15 doi: 10.1007/s11881-022-00264-2. PMID: 35838856Free PMC Article
Progressive dyslexia: evidence from Hungarian and English.
Druks J, Aydelott J, Genethliou M, Jacobs H, Weekes B
Behav Neurol 2012;25(3):185-91. doi: 10.3233/BEN-2012-119003. PMID: 22713383Free PMC Article
The word-length effect in acquired alexia, and real and virtual hemianopia.
Sheldon CA, Abegg M, Sekunova A, Barton JJ
Neuropsychologia 2012 Apr;50(5):841-51. Epub 2012 Feb 4 doi: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2012.01.020. PMID: 22326623
Neuropsychological evaluation of language.
Kertesz A
J Clin Neurophysiol 1994 Mar;11(2):205-15. doi: 10.1097/00004691-199403000-00005. PMID: 8051305
Associative visual agnosia.
Rubens AB, Benson DF
Arch Neurol 1971 Apr;24(4):305-16. doi: 10.1001/archneur.1971.00480340037003. PMID: 5548450

Clinical prediction guides

Word Reading and Spelling Processing and Acquired Dyslexia post Unilateral Stroke.
de Carvalho Rodrigues J, Pioli Dos Santos D, de Bitencourt Fél D, de Salles JF
J Psycholinguist Res 2023 Aug;52(4):1017-1035. Epub 2023 Apr 6 doi: 10.1007/s10936-023-09951-6. PMID: 37022628
Types of acquired dyslexia in Spanish-speaking patients with aphasia.
Difalcis M, Morello García F, Abusamra V, Ferreres A
Cogn Neuropsychol 2021 May-Jun;38(4):283-301. Epub 2021 Oct 20 doi: 10.1080/02643294.2021.1989394. PMID: 34668460
Alexia and agraphia in Spanish.
Gonzalez R, Rojas M, Ardila A
Int J Lang Commun Disord 2020 Nov;55(6):875-883. Epub 2020 Jul 31 doi: 10.1111/1460-6984.12566. PMID: 32735061
Prose reading in neglect.
Beschin N, Cisari C, Cubelli R, Della Sala S
Brain Cogn 2014 Feb;84(1):69-75. Epub 2013 Dec 8 doi: 10.1016/j.bandc.2013.11.002. PMID: 24321197
The word-length effect in acquired alexia, and real and virtual hemianopia.
Sheldon CA, Abegg M, Sekunova A, Barton JJ
Neuropsychologia 2012 Apr;50(5):841-51. Epub 2012 Feb 4 doi: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2012.01.020. PMID: 22326623

Recent systematic reviews

The 20/20 patient who can't read.
Rodriguez AR, Barton JJ
Can J Ophthalmol 2015 Aug;50(4):257-64. doi: 10.1016/j.jcjo.2015.05.013. PMID: 26257217

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