title: Ictal whistling: a rare automatism during temporal lobe seizures.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada.
authors.forename: Seetharam
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Raghavendra
authors.forename: Seyed
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mirsattari
authors.forename: Richard S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: McLachlan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D038481:Anterior Temporal Lobectomy; D001332:Automatism / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral / Q000502:physiology; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004833:Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009146:Music; D010699:Phonation / Q000502:physiology*; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted; D013686:Telemetry; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000503:physiopathology; D014741:Video Recording