Tethered spinal cord syndrome

Tethered cord (Eng. " tethered cord " ) is usually a congenital malformation of the spinal cord. More rarely it can occur after surgery in the lumbar spine also as a result of scarring. Here are the foothills of the spinal cord, the filum terminale, often overgrown by a fibrous cord to the spinal cord sheath, so that the lower portion of the spinal cord, conus medullaris is shifted unusually deep ( the so-called cone depression ). As a result, neurological disorders can occur. Externally visible signs of the disease are often made in an atypical hair and the appearance of nevi in the area of ​​the lesion. Also a size difference of the feet to look for. Therapy is surgical decompression of the spinal cord by removing the adhesions.

In 20% of cases it is also observed a meningomyelocele.

  • Disease in neurology
  • Malformation
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