Kluver-Bucy syndrome following heat stroke in a 12-year-old girl.
A 12-year-old girl developed Kluver-Bucy syndrome (KBS) following heat stroke. She demonstrated the features typical of human KBS, including visual agnosia, hypermetamorphosis, hypersexuality, language disorder with aphasia, hyperorality, placidity, flat affect, and memory dysfunction. Magnetic resonance imaging 11 1/2 months after onset disclosed mild, diffuse atrophy. Fourteen months after onset, she did not consistently respond to language or communicate verbally, and was dependent on others. A comparison is made with previously reported KBS cases in children.
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Department of Physical Medicine, University of Minnesota, USA.
Kriel
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Wagner
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Krach
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D000377:Agnosia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D001037:Aphasia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D001284:Atrophy; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D001925:Brain Damage, Chronic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D018883:Heat Stroke / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D011595:Psychomotor Agitation / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000473:pathology