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Lumbar MRI showing a lowlying conus medullaris at S1and filum terminale fixed to subcutaneous
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A thick filum terminale attached the spinal cord to the subcutaneous fat (Figure 1).
Intra operative picture showing a low-lying spinal cord and spinal roots fixed to fatty tissue
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Intra-operative observation was a cord fixed to subcutaneous tissue and a thick filum terminale extending to S1 (Figure 2).