Pure apraxic agraphia: a disconnection syndrome after left subcortical stroke

Introduction: The dissociation between speech and writing was first described in the 19th century by Marce [1], Ogle [2] and Pitres [3]. Hodges described a patient with pure apractic agraphia without limb praxis or language disorder caused by a left frontal cyst [4]. The patient's writing was characterized by poor forms of the graphemes in the absence of spelling errors. Spontaneous writing and copying were equally impaired. The lesion of the patient extended from the superior surface of the left frontal lobe to the anterior horn of the lateral ventricle. Case report: A 72-year-old right-handed female patient pr…