Resolution of eating disorders after right temporal lesions.
We report two patients whose eating disorder resolved after right temporal lobe lesions. The first case report involves a woman with a history of bulimia nervosa and partial seizures arising from the occipital and right temporal regions. The second case is a woman with a history of anorexia nervosa that resolved after a head injury that resulted in right-sided inferofrontal and temporal encephalomalacia. Not only did both patients' eating disorders resolve, but their moods and libidos improved.
Levine
Reed
R
Department of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
Lipson
Scott
S
Devinsky
Orrin
O
D000328:Adult; D000855:Anorexia / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D038481:Anterior Temporal Lobectomy / Q000009:adverse effects; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007989:Libido; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D019964:Mood Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery