Post-ictal Klüver-Bucy syndrome after temporal lobectomy

J A Anson; D T Kuhlman

doi:10.1136/jnnp.56.3.311

Post-ictal Klüver-Bucy syndrome after temporal lobectomy

J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 1993 Mar;56(3):311-3. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.56.3.311.

Authors

J A Anson¹, D T Kuhlman

Affiliation

¹ Division of Neurological Surgery, University of New Mexico Hospital, Albuquerque 87131.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Brain Damage, Chronic / diagnosis*
Brain Damage, Chronic / physiopathology
Dominance, Cerebral / physiology
Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe / physiopathology
Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe / surgery*
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Mental Recall / physiology
Neurocognitive Disorders / diagnosis*
Neurocognitive Disorders / physiopathology
Postoperative Complications / diagnosis*
Postoperative Complications / physiopathology
Psychosurgery*
Recurrence
Sexual Behavior / physiology
Status Epilepticus / physiopathology
Status Epilepticus / surgery*
Syndrome
Temporal Lobe / physiopathology
Temporal Lobe / surgery*