DIAGNOSIS OF EPILEPSY AFTER A FIRST UNPROVOKED SEIZURE: THE DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF A SINGLE PROBLEM

Abstract

Despite several studies there are still some issues concerning the correct diagnosis of epilepsy that should be distinguished from many other critical symptoms and diseases. Moreover, the assessment of a specific epileptic syndrome can have some degree of uncertainty. In this research highlight we discussed the findings of our recent study that demonstrated that at the onset of seizures an initial diagnosis is possible in the majority of cases; epilepsy syndromes can be identified at the time of the initial diagnosis and, at follow up, this diagnosis has not to be revised in 90% of the cases. Moreover, we analysed the main data form literature concerning the difficulties of the epilepsy syndromes diagnosis