CASE
HISTORY/CLINIC:
34-year-old female with neurogenic bladder dysfunction.
FINDINGS:
Fixed Filum
terminale and conus
position at the L4 level.
Secondary finding: small signal reduction in the T2-sequence (left) of the L3/4
and L4/5 disks.
DIAGNOSIS:
Tethered
cord and low
position of the cord conus. Low
fluid content of the intervertebral
disks of L3/4 and L4/5 as side finding.
web resources:
1) Kinderchirurgie.ch
2) ACR Learning File
3) University of Missouri
4) Pullthrough Network
5) Amersham Health