A 19-year-old man presented with long lasting significant back and bilateral leg pain, and hypoesthesia on the lateral side of both his thighs for which he had undergone several courses of medication and bouts of physical therapy treatment. His urodynamic parameters were normal and lumbar magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed a low-lying conus at the L2-3 level with a thickened fatty filum,...

Low-lying cord is an uncommon entity, and cord compression due lumbar disc disease is rarely encountered. We discuss our experience with a case of lumbar cord compression secondary to a large disc protrusion, which caused myelopathy in a low-lying/tethered cord. A 77-year-old woman with known spina bifida occulta presented with 6-week history of severe low back pain and progressive paraparesis....

Faun tail is a triangle-shaped hypertrichosis of the lumbosacral region. It is a rare condition and it can be a cutaneous marker of underlying spinal cord anomaly. We report on a 17-year-old female patient with hypertrichosis on the lumbosacral area since birth that was later diagnosed with tethered cord in magnetic resonance imaging.

BACKGROUND Nowadays, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is the gold standard for evaluation and diagnosis of spinal cord abnormalities, which are considered among the leading causes of neurogenic bladder; however, MRI is a costly imaging method and is not available at all health centers. Sporadic studies have shown the alignment of MRI with ultrasonography results in diagnosis of spinal abnormali...

Presented here is a case of fourteen year old female with diagnosis of Tethered Cord Syndrome (TCS) having type II Split Cord (Diplomyelia-D 12 to L, vertebral level) with dermoid cyst at the split cord site (L,-L, vertebral level). She presented with acute onset paraplegia with sphincteric involvement. She was having asymptomatic patent ductus artJ!reosus. After investigations, she was operate...

The spinal cord may be injured directly by the weapon or by indriven bony fragments. The damage to the cord may be either direct or indirect due to impaired arterial supply or venous drainage with resulting hemorrhage or edema.[1,5] The indriven fragment of the weapon may cause a foreign body granulomatous reaction[3] or may act as a micro-traumatizing agent[6] and cause delayed neurological da...

PURPOSE The aim of this study is to evaluate the importance of a closed bladder neck during videourodynamic (VUDE) studies in relation to urinary continence following augmentation ileocystoplasty in myelodysplastic patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS We retrospectively reviewed the records of 24 myelodysplastic patients who underwent augmentation ileocystoplasty, using a standard technique. All p...