Acutely presenting adult tethered cord syndrome due to thick filum terminale
Journal Title: Ege Tıp Dergisi - Year 2016, Vol 55, Issue 2
Abstract
Tethered cord syndrome (TCS) once considered as a disease of childhood, also might be encountered in the adult patients. There is a subgroup of patients with normal lying conus medullaris, but thicker filum terminale. We present an acutely presenting case with radicular low back pain having thick filum terminale as the sole radiologic finding. It should be kept in mind that TCS might mimic lumbar radiculopathy and low-lying conus should not be considered as the sole MRI finding for the diagnosis of TCS. Thick filum terminale may also present with the symptoms of TCS.
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Ayçe Atalay, Sıla Ulus, Zeynep Güven
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