TETHERED CORD SYNDROME ACCOMPANIED BY UNILATERAL MUSCLE ATROPHY IN THE CALF MUSCLE

Authors
WAKATA N ARAKI Y MURABAYASHI K FUJIOKA T NISHINA M KINOSHITA M
Citation
N. Wakata et al., TETHERED CORD SYNDROME ACCOMPANIED BY UNILATERAL MUSCLE ATROPHY IN THE CALF MUSCLE, Internal medicine, 33(1), 1994, pp. 60-63
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
Internal medicine → ACNP
ISSN journal
09182918
Volume
33
Issue
1
Year of publication
1994
Pages
60 - 63
Database
ISI
SICI code
0918-2918(1994)33:1<60:TCSABU>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
A 40-year-old man developed slowly progressive muscle atrophy in his c alf 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 yea rs. Multi-image examinations revealed ''tethered cord syndrome'' with spina bifida occulta. Spinal magnetic resonance image revealed a patho genetic mechanism of asymmetry of muscle atrophy in the calf muscle. T his suggested that spinal MRI imaging is one of the most useful diagno stic methods for this disease.