Adipose Tissue in the Filum Terminale: A Computed Tomographic Finding That May Indicate Tethering of the Spinal Cord

Abstract Adipose tissue in the filum terminale is frequently associated with tethering of the spinal cord in patients with spina bifida occulta (3, 8). We recently saw a patient with low back pain and no spina bifida occulta, in whom adipose tissue was noted in the area of the filum on an unenhanced...

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Autors principals: Roger E. McLendon, Jerry Oakes, R Heinz, A E Yeates, Peter C. Burger
Format: Artigo
Idioma:anglès
Publicat: 1988
Accés en línia:https://doi.org/10.1227/00006123-198805000-00010
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