Differential diagnoses of drug resistant epilepsy.
| Diagnosis | Examples |
|---|---|
| None epileptic events | Shuddering attacks, self-gratification, panic attacks, tics, pseudo seizures, dystonic dyspepsia |
| Improper management | Incorrect diagnosis or classification, poor compliance, under treatment |
| Intractable epilepsy syndrome | LGS, infantile spasms, dravet syndrome, Doose syndrome |
| Lesional epilepsy | Cortical dysplasia, mesial temporal sclerosis, cortical tumors, hamartomas |
| Treatable inherited metabolic epilepsies | Please refer to Table 2 |
| Neuro-metabolic disorder | Amino acid or organic acid disorders, urea cycle disorders. |
| Neurodegenerative disorder | Progressive myoclonic epilepsy, neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis, mitochondrial cytopathy |