AIM This study was planned for detailed evaluation of electrophysiological findings in patients with adult TCS. MATERIAL AND METHODS Patients were retrospectively assessed for clinical, radiological and electrophysiological data between 1999 and 2008. Tibial somatosensorial evoked potentials, needle electromyography, nerve conduction studies and late responses (H reflex and F response) were s...

OBJECT Anorectal malformations are known to be associated with neurological deficits, which may contribute to the disability suffered by patients with these malformations. This study was undertaken to determine the incidence and pattern of sacral abnormalities in children with anorectal malformations, the incidence and nature of the neurological deficits, and the incidence and nature of operabl...

A 48-year-old woman presented to our imaging department with lumbar sciatica. The patient had a medical history of low back pain and spina bifida. A transverse section lumbar spine CT-scan, obtained with soft-tissue window setting (Fig. A, arrow) showed, a fat-density (45-HU), oblong, posterior intradural supracentimetric lesion, at level of L5-S1. The use of bone window setting revealed a spin...

Abstract Approximately 125 years ago, a group of pathologies now known as Chiari malformations was described for the first time. However, some mechanisms its formation still remain unknown. A bibliographic survey performed through search in PubMed. In 1938, it already theorized that an increase spinal cord tension could be cause malformation type 1 (CM1) tonsillar herniation. 1953, condition an...

introduction the umbilical cord anomalies directly effect on the life quality of the fetus. it can lead to fetal death or many problems during pregnancy and delivery. early detection of these abnormalities is of particular importance. case presentation we report a case of thin cord syndrome (tcs) in a 30-year-old pregnant woman with suprapubic pain. after termination of pregnancy, histopatholog...

We studied the electrophysiological changes occurring in six patients with tethered cord syndrome. Evidence of spinal malformations was provided by magnetic resonance imaging. The functional assessment of the spinal cord was performed by analysing both spinal and cortical somatosensory evoked potentials. The evoked electrospinogram was recorded from the thoracic and lumbosacral spinous processe...

A case of anterior sacral meningocele associated with tethered cord syndrome is reported. A 5-year-old boy was admitted for urinary and fecal incontinence which had persisted since his birth. Abdominal MRI and sacral CT showed a presacral cystic mass communicating with the spinal dural sac through a neck traversing a sacral bony defect and tethered spinal conus. Neurological examination showed ...