Klüver-Bucy syndrome after left anterior temporal resection.
A 70-year-old right-handed woman developed a complete Klüver-Bucy syndrome including psychic blindness, aberrant sexual behavior, hypermetamorphosis, aphasia and visual agnosia following left anterior temporal lobectomy for an anaplasic oligodendroglioma. MRI showed no argument for a contralateral ischemic infarct, tumoral growth or white matter damage. Thus the possibility that a unilateral anterior temporal lesion can cause the whole picture of Klüver-Bucy syndrome must therefore be considered.
Ghika-Schmid
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Department of Neurology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland.
Assal
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De Tribolet
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Regli
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D000339:Affect; D000368:Aged; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology; D002220:Carbamazepine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D011398:Promethazine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011612:Psychosurgery; D013577:Syndrome; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D002220:Carbamazepine; D011398:Promethazine