%0 Journal Article %T M¨¦dula anclada. Presentaci¨®n de caso %A P¨¦rez Villafuerte %A Alberto %A Camejo Macias %A Mabel Rita %A Bermejo Sanchez %A Juan Carlos %J Revista de Ciencias M£¿£¿dicas de Pinar del R£¿-o %D 2011 %I Editorial Ciencias M¨¦dicas %X a case presenting the diagnosis of tethered cord syndrome was assisted at "mario catarino rivas" hospital in the service of neurosurgery, san pedro sula, honduras-2009. a 22 year-old female patient with health records presented urinary retention of two years of natural history. tethered cord syndrome was diagnosed and the patient underwent a surgery with satisfactory results; this is a rare pathology in adults with only 60 cases reported at present. %K spinal cord [abnormalities] %K meningomyelocele. %U http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1561-31942011000100015&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en