Kluver-Bucy Syndrome Following Herpes Simplex Encephalitis

Kasım Mulhan; Songül Şenadım; Elif Söylemez; Betül Tekin; H. Dilek Ataklı

doi:10.4274/tnd.82598

Kasım Mulhan¹, Songül Şenadım¹, Elif Söylemez¹, Betül Tekin¹, H. Dilek Ataklı²

¹Istanbul Bakirkoy Prof. Dr. Mazhar Osman Training and Research Hospital for Psychiatric, Neurologic and Neurosurgical Diseases, Clinic of Neurology, Istanbul, Turkey
²Rumeli Hospital, Clinic of Neurology, Istanbul, Turkey

Keywords: Kluver-Bucy syndrome, herpes simplex encephalitis, hyperorality, hypermetamorphosis

Abstract

Kluver-Bucy syndrome (KBS) is characterized by visual agnosia, hypersexuality, emotional behavior changes, hyperorality, hypermetamorphosis, and cognitive dysfunction. The syndrome is often seen in pathologic states that destroy the anterior and medial temporal lobes, often bilaterally. Herpes simplex encephalitis (HSE) is the leading infectious cause of KBS owing to its frequent involvement of the temporal lobes. HSE is also the most common cause of KBS in general. In this paper, we present a rare case of KBS after HSE.