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Luphin Hode1, Sourou Bruno Noukpozounkou2, Josué Dejinnin Georges Avakoudjo1, Thierry Alihonou1, Beaudelaire Romulus Assan1, Séraphin Antoine Gbenou2, Michel Armand Fiogbe1.
Abstract
Tethered cord syndrome is a spectrum of neurological symptoms due to a constant or intermittent axial traction of the terminal cone of the spinal cord, fixed in abnormal caudal position. It is a rare congenital lesion whose symptoms can be observed only in adulthood. We report the case of a 10-year-old boy with tethered cord syndrome discovered due to bladder and anal incontinence and confirmed by lumbosacral magnetic resonance imaging. He underwent neurosurgical release of the terminal cone by posterior approach. Evolution was marked by improvement of sphincteric disorders. This case study has been followed by a literature review on this subject. This case study highlights the role of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in the diagnosis of this disorder. © Luphin Hode et al.Entities:
Keywords: Tethered cord syndrome; medullary MRI; urinary incontinence
Year: 2019 PMID: 32110267 PMCID: PMC7024106 DOI: 10.11604/pamj.2019.34.151.18344
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Pan Afr Med J
Figure 1Photo montrant la fossette cutanée de l’enfant: A) cicatrice de l'abord postérieur; B) fossette cutanée en région sacrale
Figure 2Scanner lombo-sacrée montrant le defect de l’arc postérieur du sacrum: A) tissu graisseux intra rachidien; B) absence de l'arc postérieur de la 3ème pièce sacrée
Figure 3IRM médullaire montrant la lipome intracanalaire accompagné d’un spinabifida (spinalipome) et associé à la moelle fixée en position basse
Figure 4Variétés anatomiques de la moelle attachée in Corcos J: a) spinabifida associé à un sinus dermique mettant en relation les espaces méningées et le plan cutané, moelle fixe en position haute; b) le filum terminal épaissi et attaché empêche l'ascension du cône terminal, moelle fixée position basse; c) lipome intracanalaire accompagné d'un spinabifida (spinalipome) et associé à la moelle fixée en position basse; d) association de spinabifida, méningomyocèle et lipome (lipomyéloméningomyocèle), moelle fixée en position basse