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*[[Transitional Vertebral Anatomy|Transitional vertebrae]]
*[[Transitional Vertebral Anatomy|Transitional vertebrae]]
*Presumed instability
*Presumed instability
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*[[Kissing Spines|Kissing spines]]
*[[Lumbar Fat Herniation|Back mice]]


'''Nonmechanical Spine Conditions (1%)'''
'''Nonmechanical Spine Conditions (1%)'''
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*Scheuermann disease (osteochondrosis)
*Scheuermann disease (osteochondrosis)
*Paget disease
*Paget disease


'''Visceral Disease (2%)'''
'''Visceral Disease (2%)'''

Revision as of 08:27, 27 April 2021

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)