title: So-called tethered cervical spinal cord.
abstract: A case is reported of the so-called Tethered Cervical Spinal Cord Syndrome presenting as multiradicular pain on an upper limb in a 45-year old woman, in whom spina bifida occulta (C6) was associated with an intramedullary lipoma, intradural fibrous adhesions and the fusion of the sixth and seventh cervical vertebrae. Surgical release of the tether was ineffective, and the patient underwent a posterior rhizotomy for pain relief. The clinical and maldevelopmental aspects of this most uncommon form of spinal cord tethering are discussed briefly.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuropsychiatry, Pontifical Catholic University of Campinas, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Roth-Vargas
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Rossitti
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Balbo
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Oliveira
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007796:Laminectomy; D008067:Lipoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D008866:Microsurgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000601:surgery; D016136:Spina Bifida Occulta / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000601:surgery*; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D013126:Spinal Nerve Roots / Q000601:surgery; D000267:Tissue Adhesions