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Rare Disease

retained medullary cord

MONDO:0958348

Overview

A rare closed dysraphism with terminal stalk characterized by persistent rudimentary spinal cord below conus. It contains non-functional neural tissue and is typically isolated. The diagnostic is suggested by attenuated conus without fat, further confirmed by pathological analysis (glioneuronal core with ependyma-lined lumen, nerve roots, and dorsal root ganglia). Differential diagnostic with intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring is mandatory as neuroimaging fails to distinguish it from functional conus.

ResearchLimited published research (4 articles)

Research Landscape

Sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov and PubMed. Publication types are classified using NLM-curated article metadata; research type breakdowns reflect the nature of published work for this disease.

No clinical trials have been registered for retained medullary cord.

4 publications have been identified in PubMed for retained medullary cord. Research spans Review / Meta-Analysis (25%), Case Report / Case Series (25%), and Basic Science / Preclinical (25%).

Recent Publications

Nadeem M (2025). [PMID: 40266332](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40266332/). *Childs Nerv Syst*. [Case Report / Case Series]
Kurogi A (2024). [PMID: 39777185](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39777185/). *Surg Neurol Int*. [Review / Meta-Analysis]
Lee SB (2024). [PMID: 39604489](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39604489/). *Sci Rep*. [Epidemiology / Natural History]
Murakami N (2024). [PMID: 39372996](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39372996/). *Surg Neurol Int*. [Basic Science / Preclinical]

Data assembled from 3 of 12 sources · Last updated Sep 19, 2026, 4:30 PM UTC

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External Resources

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European rare disease database

Orphanet:645334

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retained medullary cord

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