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Ictal whistling: a rare automatism during temporal lobe seizures Volume 12, issue 2, June 2010

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Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada

One of the most unusual ictal automatisms reported is whistling. Two patients, both males, are described who had prominent whistling as a component of their complex partial seizures. Both had temporal lobe epilepsy with resolution of seizures after a temporal lobectomy. Ictal whistling appears to localize to the temporal lobe but may not be useful for lateralization. [Published with video sequences]