Rare eating disorder caused by injury to the frontal lobe or limbic structures
Medical condition
Gourmand syndrome
Frontal lobe (at right)
Specialty
Neurology
Gourmand syndrome is a very rare and benign eating disorder that usually occurs six to twelve months after an injury to the frontal lobe.[1][2][3][4] Those with the disorder usually have a right hemisphere frontal or temporal brain lesion typically affecting the cortical areas, basal ganglia or limbic structures.[3][2][5][6] These people develop a new, post-injury passion for gourmet food.[3][2][5][4]
There are two main aspects of gourmand syndrome: first, the fine dining habits and changes to taste, and second, the obsessive component, which may result in craving and preservation.[2] Gourmand syndrome can be related to, and shares biological features with, addictive and obsessive disorders.[2][3] The syndrome was first characterised in 1997.[3]
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^ abcdeKurian, M.; Schmitt-Mechelke, T.; Korff, C.; Delavelle, J.; Landis, T.; Seeck, M. (2008). ""Gourmand syndrome" in a child with pharmacoresistant epilepsy". Epilepsy & Behavior. 13 (2): 413–415. doi:10.1016/j.yebeh.2008.04.004. PMID 18502182. S2CID 29040664.
^ abcdeRegard, Marianne; Landis, Theodor (1997). ""Gourmand syndrome": Eating passion associated with right anterior lesions". Neurology. 48 (5): 1185–1190. doi:10.1212/WNL.48.5.1185. PMID 9153440. S2CID 19234711.
^ abGallo, M.; Gámiz, F.; Perez-Garíca, M.; Morals, R.; Rolls, T. (2014). "Taste and olfactory status in a gourmand with a right amygdala lesion". Neurocase. 20 (4): 421–433. doi:10.1080/13554794.2013.791862. hdl:10481/86875. PMID 23668221. S2CID 13334347.
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