[Crossed alexia-agraphia in a right-handed patient].

A right-handed man, born of a right-handed family, presented an infarct in the territory of the right middle cerebral artery, with a left hemiplegia, a left lateral homonymous hemianopsia and an expression aphasia. The oral trouble disappeared in some weeks, but later a permanent linguistic deficit persisted, affecting mainly the written language and realizing a clinical picture of alexia-agraphia with Gerstmann's syndrome. The neurolinguistic study showed a preferential alteration of the phonologic system in the written language, and at a lesser degree in the oral modality.

[Coronary complications of Horton's disease: precipitating role of corticoids?].

We report the case of an 85-year-old man with perfectly controlled hypertension and coronary insufficiency who presented with typical giant cell arteritis (GCA). Thirty-six hours after initiation of prednisolone therapy (1 mg/kg/d), acute coronary insufficiency with non-transmural infarction occurred. Outcome was favorable despite disturbances in heart rhythm.