Incomplete Kluver-Bucy syndrome and fluent aphasia |
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Authors: | A Arlazoroff C L Carpel H Zonis E Goldenberg E Zekler |
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Institution: | 1. Department of Neurology, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Zerifin, Israel;2. Department of Psychiatry, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Zerifin, Israel;3. the Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Beer Yaacov, Israel;4. Department of Internal Medicine, Shmuel Harofeh Hospital, Beer Yaacov, Israel |
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Abstract: | A case of probable herpetic viral encephalitis is presented. The clinical picture following the acute phase of disease was dominated by severe fluent aphasia, prominent oral tendencies, visual agnosia, and a decrease in fear reactions. Most of these symptoms, with the obvious exception of aphasia, are similar to those observed by Kluver and Bucy in rhesus monkeys that underwent bitemporal lobectomy. These manifestations may be explained by the tendency of the herpes simplex virus to invade the temporal lobes. "Agnosia" in the auditory field and changes in vocal behavior were observed by H. Kluver and P. C. Bucy (1939, Archives of Neurology and Psychiatry, 42, 949-1000) in some of their bitemporal monkeys. The association of sensory aphasia, as observed in this case, with the auditory "agnosia" observed in some bitemporal monkeys, is discussed. |
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Keywords: | Requests for reprints should be sent to A Arlazoroff M D Department of Neurology Assaf Harofeh Hospital 70350 Zerifin Israel |
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