Abstract

PEREZ VILLAFUERTE, Alberto; CAMEJO MACIAS, Mabel Rita  and  BERMEJO SANCHEZ, Juan Carlos. Tethered Cord Syndrome. A case report. Rev Ciencias Médicas [online]. 2011, vol.15, n.1, pp. 172-181. ISSN 1561-3194.

A case presenting the diagnosis of Tethered Cord Syndrome was assisted at "Mario Catarino Rivas" Hospital in the Service of Neurosurgery, San Pedro Sula, Honduras-2009. A 22 year-old female patient with health records presented urinary retention of two years of natural history. Tethered cord syndrome was diagnosed and the patient underwent a surgery with satisfactory results; this is a rare pathology in adults with only 60 cases reported at present.

Keywords : SPINAL CORD [abnormalities]; MENINGOMYELOCELE.

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