KLUVER-BUCY SYNDROME AFTER LEFT ANTERIOR TEMPORAL RESECTION

Authors
GHIKASCHMID F ASSAL G DETRIBOLET N
Citation
F. Ghikaschmid et al., KLUVER-BUCY SYNDROME AFTER LEFT ANTERIOR TEMPORAL RESECTION, Neuropsychologia, 33(1), 1995, pp. 101-113
Citations number
43
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology, Experimental",Neurosciences,Psychology
Journal title
Neuropsychologia → ACNP
ISSN journal
00283932
Volume
33
Issue
1
Year of publication
1995
Pages
101 - 113
Database
ISI
SICI code
0028-3932(1995)33:1<101:KSALAT>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
A 70-year-old right-handed woman developed a complete Kluver-Bucy synd rome including psychic blindness, aberrant sexual behavior, hypermetam orphosis, aphasia and visual agnosia following left anterior temporal lobectomy for an anaplasic oligodendroglioma. MRI showed no argument f or a contralateral ischemic infarct, tumoral growth or white matter da mage. Thus the possibility that a unilateral anterior temporal lesion can cause the whole picture of Kluver-Bucy syndrome must therefore be considered.