tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4082643038671225434.post6876102809965311271..comments2023-10-07T01:34:01.774-07:00Comments on Case of the Day: Baby Got BackCraighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17072102331564743101noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4082643038671225434.post-78221083974707628422009-12-02T09:33:57.142-08:002009-12-02T09:33:57.142-08:00yep, good job!
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Baby Got Back
Low back pain is t...yep, good job!<br />-<br />Baby Got Back<br /><br />Low back pain is the second most common outpatient chief complaint; the vast majority of patients will have a mechanical etiology rather than a neoplasm, infection, or inflammatory cause. Challenge 1 is sciatica, possibly from disc herniation; challenge 2 is cauda equina syndrome, a medical emergency, likely from metastatic prostate cancer; imaging is indicated in challenge 3 but not challenge 4. Indications for imaging include progressive neurologic findings, constitutional symptoms, traumatic onset, history of malignancy, age <18 or age >50, infectious risk, and osteoporosis.<br /><br />Source: UpToDate.Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17072102331564743101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4082643038671225434.post-25478799625408142092009-11-30T15:34:19.879-08:002009-11-30T15:34:19.879-08:00Challenge 1: IVDP
Challenge 2: Malignant compressi...Challenge 1: IVDP<br />Challenge 2: Malignant compression of spinal cord due to mets from a prostate <br />Challenge 3: Image back to look for a Pott's spine?<br />Challenge 4: Do not image back?sidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11517529202444474417noreply@blogger.com