This happens as fibrous connective tissue builds up in the filum terminale, which typically runs from the L1 vertebra of the spinal cord up to the beginning of the coccyx, or tailbone.

This results in abnormal stretching of the spinal cord below the L1 vertebral body over time. It is more common in certain congenital disorders including myelomeningocele, lipoma or ...

The surgery was performed with the patient placed in the prone position and spinal levels T12 and L2 were identified. ... Germany, discusses how to resect the filum terminale ependymoma.

“This year I went to University Hospital Wales for tethered cord ... with filum disease, which is your filum terminale in your lower spine that acts like an anchor for your spinal cord.