Tethered cord syndrome presenting as a nonhealing cutaneous ulcer

✍ Scribed by Natan Brand; Yishai Haimi-Cohen; Arie Weinstock; Rachel Straussberg

• Book ID: 104689216
• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 1996
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 326 KB
• Volume: 12
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0256-7040
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00261613

✦ Synopsis

The usual clinical presentations of tethered cord syndrome include pain in the lumbosacral region, gait difficulty, weakness, and bladder abnormalities. We describe an unusual presentation of tethered cord - a nonhealing gluteal ulcer in an anesthetic cutaneous territory supplied by the S2-4 segments. Unexplained cutaneous lesions may be the presenting sign of an underlying neurological condition.