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| ==Differential Diagnosis== | | ==Differential Diagnosis== |
| '''Mechanical Low Back Pain (97%)'''
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| *[[Internal Disc Disruption|Internal disc disruption]]
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| *[[Lumbar Zygapophysial Joint Pain|Facet joint pain]]
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| *[[Sacroiliac Joint Pain|Sacroiliac joint pain]]
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| *[[Sacroiliac Joint Pain|Sacroiliac ligament pain]]
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| *[[Causes_and_Sources_of_Chronic_Low_Back_Pain#Torsion_Injuries|Torsion injuries]]
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| *[[Causes_and_Sources_of_Chronic_Low_Back_Pain#Vertebral_Pain|Vertebral or sacral insufficiency fractures]]
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| *[[Interspinous Oedema|Interspinous tissue injury]]
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| *[[Causes_and_Sources_of_Chronic_Low_Back_Pain#Posterior_Elements|Lamina impaction]]
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| *[[Idiopathic Scoliosis|Scoliosis]]
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| *[[Spondylolysis]] in a sportsperson, but not the general population
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| *The following are ''disputed'' causes of low back pain: degenerative changes, low grade disc infection, [[Non-Specific Chronic Low Back Pain|non-specific chronic low back pain]], [[Transitional Vertebral Anatomy|transitional vertebrae]], congenital fusion, spina bifida occulta, [[Spondylolisthesis|spondylolisthesis]], [[Lumbar Instability|instability]], [[Failed Back Surgery Syndrome|failed back surgery syndrome]], [[Lumbar Fat Herniation|back mice]], [[Cluneal Nerve Pain|cluneal nerve entrapment]], [[Lumbar Spinal Stenosis|spinal stenosis]], [[Myofascial Pain Syndrome|myofascial syndrome]]
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| '''Nonmechanical Spine Conditions (1%)'''
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| *[[Bone Lesions|Neoplasia]] (Multiple myeloma, metastatic carcinoma, lymphoma, leukaemia, spinal cord tumours, retroperitoneal tumours, primary vertebral tumours)
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| *[[Causes_and_Sources_of_Chronic_Low_Back_Pain#Discitis_and_Vertebral_Osteomyelitis|Infection]] (Osteomyelitis, discitis, paraspinous abscess, epidural abscess, shingles)
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| *[[Spondyloarthritis]]
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| *[[Scheuermann's Disease|Scheuermann disease]], especially type II
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| *[[Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis|Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis]]
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| *Paget disease
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| '''Visceral Disease (2%)'''
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| *Pelvic organ involvement (Prostatitis, endometriosis, chronic pelvic inflammatory disease)
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| *Renal involvement (Nephrolithiasis, pyelonephritis, perinephric abscess)
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| *Aortic aneurysm
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| *Gastrointestinal involvement (Pancreatitis, cholecystitis, ulcer)
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