A 12-year-old girl developed Kluver-Bucy syndrome (KBS) following heat
stroke. She demonstrated the features typical of human KBS, including
visual agnosia, hypermetamorphosis, hypersexuality, language disorder
with aphasia, hyperorality, placidity, flat affect, and memory dysfun
ction. Magnetic resonance imaging 11 1/2 months after onset disclosed
mild, diffuse atrophy. Fourteen months after onset, she did not consis
tently respond to language or communicate verbally, and was dependent
on others, A comparison is made with previously reported KBS cases in
children.