Clinical manifestations and morphological changes in one case with post-stroke Klüver-Bucy syndrome.

نویسندگان

  • Nicolae Cătălin Hreniuc
  • Carmen NeamŢu
  • Mircea Florin Sferdian
  • Cristina Georgiana Ghib Para
  • Cris Virgiliu Precup
  • Ioan Ioiart
چکیده

We present the case of a 71-year-old right-handed male, admitted to the Department of Neurology, Emergency County Hospital of Arad, Romania, on November 2015, with a rare case of Klüver-Bucy syndrome (KBS), following an ischemic stroke of the right temporal lobe, which was previously diagnosed in December 2014 and was treated accordingly. At the moment of second hospital admission, the patient was found somnolent and confused at home, with traumatic signs of biting of the tongue and urine emission. A couple days after admission, our patient became alert and presented hypersexuality, hypermetamorphosis, increased oral tendency, behavior changes including apathy with loss of anger and fear, and a very increased appetite, transient visual agnosia and right-left disorientation. In the initial phase, the patient could not recognize any members of his family, but he had a tendency to touch everything within his reach and place it into his mouth. The KBS presented in this case, following an ischemic stroke of the right temporal lobe provides distinct and intriguing insights into the possible pathophysiology of this syndrome. Often disruption of consciousness during recovery period may hide the clinical manifestation of the syndrome.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Romanian journal of morphology and embryology = Revue roumaine de morphologie et embryologie

دوره 58 2  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2017