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==Differential Diagnosis==
==Differential Diagnosis==
;Mechanical Low Back or Leg Pain (97%)
'''Mechanical Low Back or Leg Pain (97%)'''
*Discogenic pain
*Discogenic pain
*Internal disc disruption (subset of discogenic pain)
*Internal disc disruption (subset of discogenic pain)
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;Nonmechanical Spine Conditions (1%)
'''Nonmechanical Spine Conditions (1%)'''
*Neoplasia (Multiple myeloma, metastatic carcinoma, lymphoma, leukaemia, spinal cord tumours, retroperitoneal tumours, primary vertebral tumours)
*Neoplasia (Multiple myeloma, metastatic carcinoma, lymphoma, leukaemia, spinal cord tumours, retroperitoneal tumours, primary vertebral tumours)
*Infection (Osteomyelitis, discitis, paraspinous abscess, epidural abscess, shingles)
*Infection (Osteomyelitis, discitis, paraspinous abscess, epidural abscess, shingles)
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;Visceral Disease (2%)
'''Visceral Disease (2%)'''
*Pelvic organ involvement (Prostatitis, endometriosis, chronic pelvic inflammatory disease)
*Pelvic organ involvement (Prostatitis, endometriosis, chronic pelvic inflammatory disease)
*Renal involvement (Nephrolithiasis, pyelonephritis, perinephric abscess)
*Renal involvement (Nephrolithiasis, pyelonephritis, perinephric abscess)
*Aortic aneurysm
*Aortic aneurysm
*Gastrointestinal involvement (Pancreatitis, cholecystitis, ulcer)
*Gastrointestinal involvement (Pancreatitis, cholecystitis, ulcer)

Revision as of 17:03, 7 September 2020

Differential Diagnosis

Mechanical Low Back or Leg Pain (97%)

  • Discogenic pain
  • Internal disc disruption (subset of discogenic pain)
  • Facet joint pain
  • Sacroiliac joint or ligament pain
  • Spinal stenosis
  • Abnormal motion/instability
  • Myofascial syndrome
  • Superior or medial cluneal nerve entrapment
  • Osteoporotic compression fracture and other fractures
  • Spondylolisthesis and spondylolysis
  • Scoliosis
  • Transitional vertebrae
  • Presumed instability


Nonmechanical Spine Conditions (1%)

  • Neoplasia (Multiple myeloma, metastatic carcinoma, lymphoma, leukaemia, spinal cord tumours, retroperitoneal tumours, primary vertebral tumours)
  • Infection (Osteomyelitis, discitis, paraspinous abscess, epidural abscess, shingles)
  • Inflammatory arthritis (Ankylosing spondylitis, reiter syndrome, inflammatory bowel disease)
  • Scheuermann disease (osteochondrosis)
  • Paget disease


Visceral Disease (2%)

  • Pelvic organ involvement (Prostatitis, endometriosis, chronic pelvic inflammatory disease)
  • Renal involvement (Nephrolithiasis, pyelonephritis, perinephric abscess)
  • Aortic aneurysm
  • Gastrointestinal involvement (Pancreatitis, cholecystitis, ulcer)