Kluver-Bucy Syndrome Following Recovery from Transtentorial Herniation

Eugene Rossitch Divisions of Neurosurgery and Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital Harvard Medical School,

Enrique J. Carrazana Brigham and Women's Hospital Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Richard Ellenbogen Divisions of Neurosurgery and Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital Harvard Medical School,

Eben Alexander Divisions of Neurosurgery and Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital Harvard Medical School,

Abstract

Kluver-Bucy syndrome is an uncommon constellation of behavioral abnormalities resulting from bilateral temporal lobe damage. The syndrome is rare in humans. In this paper we present a patient who developed the Kluver-Bucy syndrome following recovery from an intracerebral haemorrhage and transtentorial herniation.

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