Post-ictal Klüver-Bucy syndrome after temporal lobectomy.
In both animals and humans, Klüver-Bucy syndrome is produced by bilateral temporal lobectomy. It is characterised by hypersexuality, visual agnosia, strong oral tendencies, dietary changes, and hypermetamorphosis. Recurrent, postictal Klüver-Bucy syndrome occurred transiently after seizures in a female who had undergone unilateral temporal lobectomy. The pathophysiological mechanism may have been postictal dysfunction of the remaining temporal lobe, producing a transient functional bilateral temporal lobectomy.
Anson
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Division of Neurological Surgery, University of New Mexico Hospital, Albuquerque 87131.
Kuhlman
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D000328:Adult; D001925:Brain Damage, Chronic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral / Q000502:physiology; D004833:Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D011939:Mental Recall / Q000502:physiology; D019965:Neurocognitive Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D011612:Psychosurgery; D012008:Recurrence; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000502:physiology; D013226:Status Epilepticus / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D013577:Syndrome; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*