Resolution of eating disorders after right temporal lesions

Epilepsy Behav. 2003 Dec;4(6):781-3. doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2003.08.011.

Abstract

We report two patients whose eating disorder resolved after right temporal lobe lesions. The first case report involves a woman with a history of bulimia nervosa and partial seizures arising from the occipital and right temporal regions. The second case is a woman with a history of anorexia nervosa that resolved after a head injury that resulted in right-sided inferofrontal and temporal encephalomalacia. Not only did both patients' eating disorders resolve, but their moods and libidos improved.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Anorexia / etiology
  • Anorexia / surgery
  • Anterior Temporal Lobectomy / adverse effects
  • Epilepsy / complications*
  • Epilepsy / surgery
  • Feeding and Eating Disorders / etiology*
  • Feeding and Eating Disorders / surgery
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Libido
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Mood Disorders / etiology
  • Temporal Lobe / pathology*
  • Temporal Lobe / surgery