Klüver Bucy syndrome

Sites of lesions

• Bilateral temporal lobe cortex
• The amygdala
• Temporal lobe white matter

Cardinal features

Associated features

Infective causes

Autoimmune and neuroinflammatory causes

Neurosurgical causes

Vascular causes

Medical causes

Metabolic causes

Neurodegenerative causes

Other causes

Treatment

References

1. Bonno S, Raschilas F, Mari I, et al. Klüver-Bucy syndrome in herpetic meningoencephalitis. Presse Med 2001; 30:115-118. 
2. Gościński I, Kwiatkowski S, Polak J, Orłowiejska M. The Kluver-Bucy syndrome. Acta Neurochir (Wien) 1997; 139:303-306.
3. Jha KK, Singh SK, Kumar P, Arora CD. Partial Kluver-Bucy syndrome secondary to tubercular meningitis. BMJ Case Rep 2016; pii: bcr2016215926.
4. Jha S, Patel R. Kluver-Bucy syndrome-an experience with six cases. Neurol India 2004; 52:369-371.
5. Auvichayapat N, Auvichayapat P, Watanatorn J, Thamaroj J, Jitpimolmard S. Kluver-Bucy syndrome after mycoplasmal bronchitis. Epilepsy Behav 2006; 8:320-322.
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