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  • Neurology
  • Neuroscience
  • Psychiatry

Background:

  • Hyperfamiliarity for unknown faces (HFUF) is a rare neurological disorder.
  • It is characterized by an inappropriate sense of familiarity towards unfamiliar individuals or faces.

Observation:

  • Three young adults experienced HFUF following seizures (tonic-clonic or psychomotor status).
  • The symptom manifested as a strong familiarity for unknown people, persisting for a mean of 13 days.
  • Two patients had transient verbal memory deficits.

Findings:

  • Brain MRI revealed left amygdalohippocampal lesions in two patients (encephalitis) and demyelinating lesions in one.
  • EEG indicated left temporal epileptiform abnormalities, correlating with HFUF.
  • HFUF is identified as a novel postictal symptom potentially arising from left temporal epileptic discharges.

Implications:

  • HFUF may be associated with acute temporal lobe lesions, suggesting a structural etiology for epilepsy.
  • Understanding HFUF offers insights into facial recognition processing and temporal lobe epilepsy.
  • Further research is needed to elucidate the precise mechanisms underlying HFUF.