Low back pain
DDx
- Muscular strain
- Osteoarthritis
- Herniated disk
- Spinal stenosis
- Sciatica
- Sacroiliitis, eg, ankylosing spondylitis
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Metastatic cancer
- Compression fracture, eg, osteoporosis, multiple myeloma
- Osteomyelitis or epidural abscess
- Cauda equina tumor
- Ischial bursitis
- Piriformis syndrome
- Fibromyalgia
- Polymyalgia rheumatica
- Aortic aneurysm
- Duodenal ulcer
- Kidney stones or pyelonephritis
- Pancreatitis
- Prostatitis
- Hip osteoarthritis
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Last updated: December 1, 2014
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Zeiger, Roni F.. "Low Back Pain." Diagnosaurus, 4th ed., McGraw-Hill Education, 2014. Emergency Central, emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114012/all/Low_back_pain.
Zeiger RFR. Low back pain. Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2014. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114012/all/Low_back_pain. Accessed August 31, 2024.
Zeiger, R. F. (2014). Low back pain. In Diagnosaurus (4th ed.). McGraw-Hill Education. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114012/all/Low_back_pain
Zeiger RFR. Low Back Pain [Internet]. In: Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2014. [cited 2024 August 31]. Available from: https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114012/all/Low_back_pain.
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