Affiliation:
1. Residencia en Neuropsicología Clínica, Facultad de Estudios Superiores Iztacala UNAM Ciudad de México Mexico
2. Servicio de Neurocirugía Hospital de Pediatría “Dr. Silvestre Frenk Freund”, IMSS Ciudad de México Mexico
Abstract
AbstractA variety of cognitive, behavioural, and emotional impairments have been reported in the literature that are associated with the resection of the temporal cortex. Klüver–Bucy syndrome is one infrequently reported disorder in the paediatric population. This paper describes the neuropsychological findings of a female paediatric patient at 7 and 10 years of age with a diagnosis of partial Klüver–Bucy syndrome (pKBS) following total resection of the amygdala and right hippocampus to resect a glioma. The patient presented emotional problems, aggressiveness, hypermetamorphosis, social indifference, and behavioural dysexecutive syndrome, which was found at both 7 and 10 years, but with a decrease in the severity of alterations in attention, impulsivity, hyperactivity, and aggressive behaviour in a second evaluation after she had a neuropsychological intervention. These findings describe the neuropsychological profile of paediatric case with resection of the amygdala and right temporal lobe.
Subject
Behavioral Neuroscience,Cognitive Neuroscience,Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology