Altered bladder function as the only and late presenting symptom of ependymoma of the filum terminale.
Tumors of the spinal cord present as a rule with posterior pain with or without radiation to the limbs, with loss of strength and/or sensory disturbances. We report a case in which acute retention of urine was the only presenting symptom.
Sasanelli
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Divisione di Neurologia, Ospedale Predabissi di Melegnano.
Ordesi
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Campo
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Mariani
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G
D000328:Adult; D002420:Cauda Equina / Q000473:pathology*; D004806:Ependymoma / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010524:Peripheral Nervous System Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000294:innervation; D014555:Urination Disorders / Q000473:pathology*