RESUMEN

This is the first reported case of an adult presenting with tethering symptoms, limb discrepancy on physical examination, a low-lying spinal cord, and duplicate filum terminale discovered intraoperatively. Intraoperative imaging and pathological analysis of a specimen confirmed the diagnosis of duplicate filum. This is the first reported adult case with duplication of the filum terminale. Release of both fila was necessary in this case to relieve the tethering symptoms.

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Defectos del Tubo Neural/cirugía , Adulto , Estudios de Seguimiento , Humanos , Laminectomía/efectos adversos , Laminectomía/métodos , Imagen por Resonancia Magnética , Masculino , Defectos del Tubo Neural/diagnóstico por imagen , Defectos del Tubo Neural/patología , Complicaciones Posoperatorias/cirugía , Reoperación , Médula Espinal/diagnóstico por imagen , Médula Espinal/patología , Médula Espinal/cirugía , Resultado del Tratamiento