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  • Title: Untethered filum terminale presenting as cauda equina lesion.
    Author: Mace JC, Cure J, Bailey BN, Storrs BB.
    Journal: Pediatr Neurosurg; 1998 Apr; 28(4):191-4. PubMed ID: 9732246.
    Abstract:
    We report the case of a young girl with recurrent bladder dysfunction. Magnetic resonance imaging performed for evaluation of initial urologic symptoms revealed a low-lying conus medullaris. She underwent an L5 laminectomy and cord untethering by sectioning of the filum terminale. After initial improvement of bladder function, her symptoms returned 4 years later. Repeat magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated a new intradural lesion at L2. At surgery she was found to have an untethered, thickened, coiled filum terminale at L2.
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