Abstract
Hyperorality is a compulsive symptom to place both edible and inedible objects in one’s mouth that was first reported in the Kluver-Bucy syndrome. It is often associated with damage of the brain caused by traumatic brain injuries, infections, stroke, degenerative brain diseases including frontotemporal dementia. There are a few reports of using antidepressants for treatment to control hyperorality. We report cases in which symptoms recovered by administrating selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor in patients with solitary hyperorality after hypoxic brain damage.
Publisher
Korean Society of Geriatric Neurology