Klüver-Bucy syndrome

Diagnosis:

This is a clinical diagnosis

Clinical features:

Hypersexuality, hyperorality, visual agnosia, and placidity (diminished emotional reactions).

Investigations to consider:

MRI: Lesions in bilateral medial temporal lobes, e.g. Traumatic brain injury, herpes, other infections
Consider tests for dementias (FTLD, Alzheimer’s) & infections

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