Fat-water MR imaging of a filum terminale lipoma associated with tethered cord syndrome
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1998
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Tethered cord syndrome is the low positioning of conus medullaris caused principally by maldevelopment of filum terminalis. In about 50% of cases filum terminalis is attached to a spinal lipoma. This paper presents a 5-year-old patient with a residual filum terminale lipoma after a spinal operation which is diagnosed utilizing fat-water MR imaging which is the only reliable method of examination to verify the presence of fat.