"Pure alexia" without hemianopia or colour anomia.

We report a case of "pure alexia" without hemianopia or colour anomia, caused by a small subcortical haematoma in the dorso-lateral part of the occipital lobe, not affecting the splenium of the corpus callosum. It is argued that the reading disorder was due to a visual-verbal disconnection in spite of the fact that this typically is caused by a lesion in the medial part of the left occipital lobe including the splenium.