Kluver-Bucy syndrome in a boy with non-Hodgkin lymphoma

Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2007 Mar;24(2):149-52. doi: 10.1080/08880010601085183.

Abstract

Kluver-Bucy syndrome is a rare neurobehavioral condition characterized by visual agnosia, excessive oral tendency, hypermetamorphosis, placidity, altered sexual behaviors, and changes in dietary habits. The authors report a case of Kluver-Bucy syndrome in a 10-year-old boy with non-Hodgkin lymphoma after intratechal methotrexate administration. He was treated by risperidone without any sequels.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic / therapeutic use
  • Child
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Humans
  • Injections, Spinal
  • Kluver-Bucy Syndrome / drug therapy
  • Kluver-Bucy Syndrome / etiology*
  • Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / complications*
  • Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / drug therapy
  • Male
  • Methotrexate / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic
  • Methotrexate