“…Our recent article entitled “Sudden unexpected nocturnal death in Chiari type 1 malformation and potential role of opioid analgesics”[ 5 ] was criticized by Jonathan and Shlomi. [ 3 ] They challenged our opinion without any reference to authenticate their assertions. [ 3 ] In our original article, an axial T1-weighted MRI image of the posterior fossa [ Figure 1 ] was replaced by a T2 fluid-attenuated inversion recovery image of a similar view.…”