Kluver-Bucy syndrome following recovery from transtentorial herniation.
Kluver-Bucy syndrome is an uncommon constellation of behavioral abnormalities resulting from bilateral temporal lobe damage. The syndrome is rare in humans. In this paper we present a patient who developed the Kluver-Bucy syndrome following recovery from an intracerebral haemorrhage and transtentorial herniation.
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Divisions of Neurosurgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
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Ellenbogen
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Alexander
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D000328:Adult; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004677:Encephalocele / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D011859:Radiography; D013577:Syndrome