Open AccessLate Neurological Dysfunction in Adult Lumbosacral Lipoma with Tethered Cord
Author(s) -
Saul Balagura
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
neurosurgery/neurosurgery online
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.485
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1081-1281
pISSN - 0148-396X
DOI - 10.1227/00006123-198411000-00018
Subject(s) - medicine , lumbosacral joint , lipoma , spinal cord , tethered cord , differential diagnosis , filum terminale , surgery , pathology , psychiatry
The case of a 59-year-old man with adult-onset neurological dysfunction secondary to a tethered cord and a lumbosacral lipoma is presented. This condition not only affects children, but is known to produce neurological dysfunction in adults and should be kept in mind in the differential diagnosis of patients with sacral root deficits.