KLUVER BUCY SYNDROME

Course overview

KLUVER-BUCY SYNDROME (KBS) IS A RARE NEUROPSYCHIATRIC DISORDER DUE TO LESIONS AFFECTING BILATERAL TEMPORAL LOBES, ESPECIALLY THE HIPPOCAMPUS AND AMYGDALA. IT IS CHARACTERIZED BY HYPERORALITY, HYPERMETAMORPHOSIS, HYPERSEXUALITY, BULIMIA, PLACIDITY, VISUAL AGNOSIA, AND AMNESIA. THIS ACTIVITY REVIEWS THE EVALUATION AND TREATMENT OF KBS AND HIGHLIGHTS THE ROLE OF THE INTERPROFESSIONAL TEAM IN EVALUATING AND TREATING PATIENTS WITH THIS CONDITION.