Late neurological dysfunction in adult lumbosacral lipoma with tethered cord.
The case of a 59-year-old man with adult-onset neurological dysfunction secondary to a tethered cord and a lumbosacral lipoma is presented. This condition not only affects children, but is known to produce neurological dysfunction in adults and should be kept in mind in the differential diagnosis of patients with sacral root deficits.
D007172:Erectile Dysfunction / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008161:Lumbosacral Region; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000209:etiology; D010292:Paresthesia / Q000209:etiology; D016136:Spina Bifida Occulta / Q000150:complications*; D013126:Spinal Nerve Roots; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000209:etiology*