Klüver-Bucy syndrome in a child with bilateral arachnoid cysts: report of a case

Neurosurgery. 1989 Jan;24(1):110-2. doi: 10.1227/00006123-198901000-00020.

Abstract

Klüver-Bucy syndrome is an uncommon constellation of behavioral abnormalities resulting from bilateral temporal lobe damage. The syndrome is rare in adults and even less commonly seen in children. In this paper we present a child with Klüver-Bucy syndrome and bilateral temporal arachnoid cysts.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Arachnoid / pathology*
  • Brain Diseases / complications*
  • Brain Diseases / diagnosis
  • Child
  • Cysts / complications*
  • Cysts / diagnosis
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Mental Disorders / etiology*