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Synonyms for filum

a threadlike structure (as a chainlike series of cells)

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With the upward shift of the CM by compression from OLF, the tethering effect of the dentate ligament, nerve roots, and the filum terminale may also contribute to the neurological deficits.
Our patient is one of the oldest patients diagnosed with mature teratoma of filum terminale, this case being particularly rare due to the location of the neoformation at the lumbar level (L2-L4) and due to the incidentally identification after a lumbar trauma because no neurological symptoms appeared during patient's life.
Paraganglioma of cauda equina or filum terminale is a rare condition.
Myxopapillary ependymomas are the most common primary tumours in the region of the conus medullaris and filum terminale. The clinical presentation of these tumours is non-specific with lumbar and radicular pain being the most common symptoms.
The cord is secondarily tethered, the filum terminale is thickened (>2 mm) and there is evidence of previous wide laminectomies at L2/3.
The conus was low being located at the L4 level where it continued caudally as a thickened filum terminale. There were two dural tubes over a short 5mm length at the L3 level, each containing the equal-sized hemicords.
The conus medullaris (spinal cord termination) is normally anchored to the end of the dural sac by the filum terminale, which is a fibrous band originating from the distal termination of the pia mater.
Filum Terminale can build on his promising second at Windsor in the Football First All The Scores Median Auction Maiden Stakes.
Filum Terminale can build on his second at Windsor in the Football First All The Scores Median Auction Maiden Stakes.
Tethered cord syndrome is a condition in which the filum terminale is not allowed to hang freely in the spinal canal.