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Year 2011, Volume: 16 Issue: 3, 215 - 217, 22.01.2013

Mesut Okur Cahide Yılmaz Serdar Epçaçan Lokman Üstyol Avni Kaya Hüseyin Çaksen

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Kluver-Bucy syndrome developed after convulsion: A case report

Year 2011, Volume: 16 Issue: 3, 215 - 217, 22.01.2013

Mesut Okur Cahide Yılmaz Serdar Epçaçan Lokman Üstyol Avni Kaya Hüseyin Çaksen

Abstract

Abstract. Kluver-Bucy syndrome is characterized by increased appetite, hypersexuality, hypermetamorphosis, memory disorders, visual agnosia, stagnancy, aphasia, bulimia, polyuria, and polydipsia. A 14 year old girl had generalized tonic-clonic convulsions at admission, and an incomplete Kluver-Bucy syndrome with hypersexuality, recent memory disturbance, hypermetamorphosis, speech disturbance, hyperactivity, agitation, aggressiveness, and hallucinations, developed the following day. Here in, we report a case of KBS in a child with epilepsy.

 

Key words: Child, hypersexuality, hallucinations, agitation, epilepsy


Keywords

Child hypersexuality hallucinations agitation epilepsy

References

  • Pradhan S, Singh MN, Pandey N. Kluver Bucy syndrome in young children. Clin Neurol Neurosurg 1998; 100: 254-258.
  • Kluver H, Bucy PC. Preliminary analysis of functions of the temporal lobes in monkeys. J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci 1997; 9: 606-620.
  • Terzian H, Ore GD. Syndrome of Kluver and Bucy; reproduced in man by bilateral removal of the temporal lobes. Neurology 1955; 5: 373-380.
  • Auvichayapat N, Auvichayapat P, Watanatorn J, Thamaroj J, Jitpimolmard S. Kluver-Bucy syndrome after mycoplasmal bronchitis. Epilepsy Behav 2006; 8: 320-322.
  • Dobesberger J, Walser G, Unterberger I, et al. Genital automatisms: a video-EEG study in patients with medically refractory seizures. Epilepsia 2004; 45: 777-780.
  • Geyer JD, Payne TA, Faught E, Drury I. Postictal nose-rubbing in the diagnosis, lateralization, and localization of seizures. Neurology 1999; 52: 743- 745.
  • Aronson LR, Cooper ML. Amygdaloid hypersexuality in male cats re-examined. Physiol Behav 1979; 22: 257-265.
  • Varon D, Pritchard PB 3rd, Wagner MT, Topping K. Transient Kluver-Bucy syndrome following complex partial status epilepticus. Epilepsy Behav 2003; 4: 348-351.
  • Salim A, Kim KA, Kimbrell BJ, et al. Klüver-Bucy syndrome as a result of minor head trauma. South Med J 2002; 95: 929-931. 217
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Primary Language English
Journal Section Case Report
Authors

Mesut Okur This is me

Cahide Yılmaz This is me

Serdar Epçaçan This is me

Lokman Üstyol This is me

Avni Kaya This is me

Hüseyin Çaksen This is me

Publication Date January 22, 2013
Published in Issue Year 2011 Volume: 16 Issue: 3

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APA Okur, M., Yılmaz, C., Epçaçan, S., Üstyol, L., et al. (2013). Kluver-Bucy syndrome developed after convulsion: A case report. EASTERN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE, 16(3), 215-217.
AMA Okur M, Yılmaz C, Epçaçan S, Üstyol L, Kaya A, Çaksen H. Kluver-Bucy syndrome developed after convulsion: A case report. EASTERN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE. March 2013;16(3):215-217.
Chicago Okur, Mesut, Cahide Yılmaz, Serdar Epçaçan, Lokman Üstyol, Avni Kaya, and Hüseyin Çaksen. “Kluver-Bucy Syndrome Developed After Convulsion: A Case Report”. EASTERN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE 16, no. 3 (March 2013): 215-17.
EndNote Okur M, Yılmaz C, Epçaçan S, Üstyol L, Kaya A, Çaksen H (March 1, 2013) Kluver-Bucy syndrome developed after convulsion: A case report. EASTERN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE 16 3 215–217.
IEEE M. Okur, C. Yılmaz, S. Epçaçan, L. Üstyol, A. Kaya, and H. Çaksen, “Kluver-Bucy syndrome developed after convulsion: A case report”, EASTERN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE, vol. 16, no. 3, pp. 215–217, 2013.
ISNAD Okur, Mesut et al. “Kluver-Bucy Syndrome Developed After Convulsion: A Case Report”. EASTERN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE 16/3 (March 2013), 215-217.
JAMA Okur M, Yılmaz C, Epçaçan S, Üstyol L, Kaya A, Çaksen H. Kluver-Bucy syndrome developed after convulsion: A case report. EASTERN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE. 2013;16:215–217.
MLA Okur, Mesut et al. “Kluver-Bucy Syndrome Developed After Convulsion: A Case Report”. EASTERN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE, vol. 16, no. 3, 2013, pp. 215-7.
Vancouver Okur M, Yılmaz C, Epçaçan S, Üstyol L, Kaya A, Çaksen H. Kluver-Bucy syndrome developed after convulsion: A case report. EASTERN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE. 2013;16(3):215-7.