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==Differential Diagnosis==
==Differential Diagnosis==
'''Mechanical Low Back or Leg Pain (97%)'''
'''Mechanical Low Back or Leg Pain (97%)'''
*Discogenic pain
*[[Lumbar Disc Pain|Discogenic pain]]
*Internal disc disruption (subset of discogenic pain)
*Internal disc disruption (subset of discogenic pain)
*Facet joint pain
*[[Lumbar Facet Joint Pain|Facet joint pain]]
*Sacroiliac joint or ligament pain
*[[Sacroiliac Joint Pain|Sacroiliac joint or ligament pain]]
*Spinal stenosis
*[[Lumbar Spinal Stenosis|Spinal stenosis]]
*Abnormal motion/instability
*Abnormal motion/instability
*Myofascial syndrome
*Myofascial syndrome
*Superior or medial cluneal nerve entrapment
*[[Cluneal Nerve Pain|Cluneal nerve entrapment]]
*Osteoporotic compression fracture and other fractures
*Osteoporotic compression fracture and other fractures
*Spondylolisthesis and spondylolysis
*[[Spondylolisthesis|Spondylolisthesis and spondylolysis]]
*Scoliosis
*[[Scoliosis|Scoliosis]]
*Transitional vertebrae
*[[Transitional Vertebral Anatomy|Transitional vertebrae]]
*Presumed instability
*Presumed instability



Revision as of 05:24, 8 September 2020

Differential Diagnosis

Mechanical Low Back or Leg Pain (97%)


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)