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Educational Exhibit
Keywords:
Arteries / Aorta, Musculoskeletal soft tissue, Vascular, Conventional radiography, CT-Angiography, Digital radiography, Diagnostic procedure, Education, Dissection, Education and training, Patterns of Care
Authors:
T. Simelane1, N. El Saeity2, N. Ramesh3; 1Tralee/IE, 2Cheshire/UK, 3Portlaoise/IE
DOI:
10.1594/ecr2017/C-1108
Background
Low back and back pain affects up to 80% of the population at some point in time.
It is one of the commonest causes of presentation at the physician or outpatient clinic.
While most of the causes of back are due to skeletal causes,
other causes need to be excluded for effective clinical management.
The following are the causes that mimic back pain and or present with symptoms of back pain
BODY REGION
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CAUSE
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PATTERN OF BACK PAIN
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Vascular
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Aortic erosion of the spine
Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm { with or without leak—acute/chronic
Aorto-enteric fistula
Aorto-caval fistula
Dissection
Vascular insufficiency
Endoleak
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Lumbar and sacral
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Pancreatic
|
Acute pancreatitis
|
Lower thoracic and upper lumbar
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Intestinal
|
|
Lumbar spine
|
Pulmonary
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Sequestration
Lower lobe infection
|
Lower thoracic
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Renal
|
Renal colic
Spontaneous rupture angiomyolipoma
Renal infarct
Renal tumours
|
Lumbar and radiating to groin
|
Gynaecological
|
Ectopic
Pelvic inflammatory disease
Endometriosis
|
Low lumbar and sacral
|
Miscellany
|
Qudaratus Lumborum Pain
Psoas
Retroperitoneal fibrosis
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Lumbar
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