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Case Reports
. 1990 Jul-Aug;14(4):571-3.
doi: 10.1097/00004728-199007000-00012.

Fatty filum terminale: assessment with MR imaging

R Okumura  1 , S Minami, R Asato, J Konishi
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Case Reports

Fatty filum terminale: assessment with MR imaging

R Okumura et al. J Comput Assist Tomogr. 1990 Jul-Aug.

Abstract

Five cases of fatty filum terminale were encountered in a retrospective analysis of 332 routine lumbosacral magnetic resonance studies. The T1-weighted and GRASS images were particularly useful in evaluating the filum. An irregularly thickened fatty filum, especially if associated with a low conus, is likely to be pathologic and responsible for a patient's symptoms and signs.

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