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Partial Kluver-Bucy Syndrome: Two Cases

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 November 2014

Brendan T. Carroll,
Harold W. Goforth and
Lisa A. Raimonde
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Abstract

Kluver-Bucy syndrome (KBS) is a rare neuropsychiatric disorder that may be characterized by visual agnosia, placidity, altered sexual activity, hypermetamorphosis, and hyperorality. Patients with KBS present with a complex behavioral syndrome. KBS is usually associated with lesions of the amygdala or amygdaloid pathways. However, partial KBS may occur in the absence of the classic bilateral temporal lesions. Pharmacologic treatment options have been developed from the results of case reports, which suggest that carbamazepine and antipsychotics may be helpful. We present the cases of two patients with partial KBS who responded favorably to antipsychotic medication.

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CNS Spectrums , Volume 6 , Issue 4: Neuropsychiatric Comorbidities: A Meeting of Minds , April 2001, pp. 329 - 332
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2001

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