Side-to-side and other complex head movements as ictal signs in epilepsy: A video-EEG case series and review of literature

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10 Nov 2026 0 comments

Side-to-side head shaking is often considered a distinctive clinical sign that differentiates functional seizures from epileptic seizures; however, it may also occur as an ictal phenomenon in focal epilepsy. We retrospectively reviewed all video-telemetry reports of patients with drug-resistant focal epilepsy undergoing presurgical evaluation between 2015 and 2025. All reports were electronically screened for mentioning side-to-side or other complex head movements and the video-EEG of these...