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Are Musical Obsessions a Temporal Lobe Phenomenon?

Received July 8, 1998; revised December 21, 1998; accepted January 14, 1999. From the Departments of Psychiatry and Nuclear Medicine, University of Stellenbosch, P.O. Box 19063, Tygerberg 7505, South Africa. Send correspondence to Dr. Stein at the above address.

ABSTRACT

Obsessive musical tunes have been described in some cases of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). The authors present 2 cases of patients with musical obsessions, including findings from functional brain imaging. Both patients, 1 with idiopathic OCD and 1 with symptoms secondary to head trauma, demonstrated decreased blood flow in temporal lobes. This finding is consistent with previous literature on musical and auditory hallucinations.

Key Words: Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder • Musical Obsessions • Temporal Lobe

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