Epileptic Disorders
MENUIctal whistling: a rare automatism during temporal lobe seizures Volume 12, issue 2, June 2010
Authors
Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada
- Key words: epilepsy, whistling, automatism, seizure, vocalization
- DOI : 10.1684/epd.2010.0309
- Page(s) : 133-5
- Published in: 2010
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]