abstract

• Klüver-Bucy syndrome is a rare neurobehavioral disorder caused by a bilateral temporal lobe lesion affecting the hippocampus and amygdala; clinically characterised by hyperorality, hypermetamorphosis, placidity, altered sexual behaviour, eating, disorders and visual impairment, agnosia and amnesia. However, the complete syndrome is rarely seen, and diagnosis does not require all the symptoms to be manifested simultaneously. We describe a patient who developed a complete Klüver-Bucy syndrome secondary to bilateral temporal involvement due to herpetic encephalitis. © BMJ Publishing Group Limited 2022. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ.

authors

• Rodríguez Leyva Ildefonso

publication date

• 2022-01-01

published in

• BMJ Case Reports  Journal

keywords

• Epilepsy and seizures; Headache (including migraines); Infection (neurology); Memory Disorders; Neuroimaging amnesia; case report; complication; herpes simplex encephalitis; hippocampus; human; Kluver Bucy syndrome; pathology; temporal lobe; Amnesia; Encephalitis, Herpes Simplex; Hippocampus; Humans; Kluver-Bucy Syndrome; Temporal Lobe

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1136/bcr-2022-250745

PubMed ID

• 35817482

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volume

• 15

issue

• 7