title: Occult spinal dysraphism in the geriatric patient.
abstract: Three patients in their seventies with occult spinal dysraphism are described. All three had tethered spinal cords, intrasacral meningoceles, and severe degenerative lumbar spondylopathy. The mechanism for the late development of symptomatology is related to an acquired lesion, degenerative spinal stenosis.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000150:complications; D016135:Spinal Dysraphism / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*