Luca Massimi, Davide Palombi, Ilaria Contaldo, Chara Veredice, Daniela Rosaria Pia Chieffo, Rosalinda Calandrelli, Gianpiero Tamburrini, Domenica Immacolata Battaglia
Purpose : Once believed a result of pathophysiological correlations, the association between Chiari 1 malformation (CM1) and epilepsy has since been considered as a coincidence, due to missing etiologic or clinical matching points. At present, the problem is being newly debated because of the increasing number of CM1 diagnoses, often among children with seizures. No specific studies on this topic are available yet. The present study aimed at updating the information on this topic by reporting on a series of children specifically enrolled and retrospectively analyzed for this purpose...
October 20, 2022: Journal of Clinical Medicine