Hemophilia and child abuse as possible causes of epidural hematoma: case report.

Introduction: Head trauma is an important consequence of child abuse. Specific pathophysiological mechanisms in child abuse are responsible for the "whiplash shaken-baby syndrome", which would favour the occurrence of intracranial hemorrhages.

Case Report: We report the case of a child who developed epidural hematoma following minor-intensity head trauma.

Anatomic study of the filum terminale and its correlations with the tethered cord syndrome.

Objective: To evaluate the intradural anatomic features of the filum terminale (FT) in fresh human cadavers, analyzing morphological parameters relevant for the diagnosis of the tethered cord syndrome.

Methods: Forty-one fresh cadavers were dissected, and the following parameters were evaluated: cadaver height, weight, and age, FT length, FT diameters at the initial point and midpoint, and topographic relationships of the initial and fusion points of the FT to the adjacent vertebrae.

Results: The mean FT length was 156.