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MR images of four patients with a thickened filum terminale showing a fat signal are presented. There were no related symptoms and no evidence of tethering. The thickened fatty filum terminale seemed to be a developmental anomaly and without clinical significance. As the incidence of this anomaly was 0.24% in our series, knowledge of its possible presence of this anomaly is important for routine reviews of MR image.
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Uchino, A., Mori, T. & Ohno, M. Thickened fatty filum terminale: MR imaging. Neuroradiology 33, 331–333 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00587817
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00587817