Tethered cord syndrome accompanied by unilateral muscle atrophy in the calf muscle.
A 40-year-old man developed slowly progressive muscle atrophy in his calf muscle. The patient became aware of asymmetry of his right big toe during in his teens; muscle atrophy was revealed at the age of 25 years. Multi-image examinations revealed "tethered cord syndrome" with spina bifida occulta. Spinal magnetic resonance image revealed a pathogenetic mechanism of asymmetry of muscle atrophy in the calf muscle. This suggested that spinal MRI imaging is one of the most useful diagnostic methods for this disease.
Wakata
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Fourth Department of Internal Medicine, Toho University, Tokyo.
Araki
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Y
Murabayashi
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K
Fujioka
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T
Nishina
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Kinoshita
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M
D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg / Q000473:pathology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009133:Muscular Atrophy / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D016136:Spina Bifida Occulta / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*