Altered bladder function as the only and late presenting symptom of ependymoma of the filum terminale.

Ital J Neurol Sci

Divisione di Neurologia, Ospedale Predabissi di Melegnano.

Published: August 1987

Tumors of the spinal cord present as a rule with posterior pain with or without radiation to the limbs, with loss of strength and/or sensory disturbances. We report a case in which acute retention of urine was the only presenting symptom.

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