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Radiographic abnormalities of the low back may occur in patients without pain.<ref name="pmid8208267">{{cite journal| author=Jensen MC, Brant-Zawadzki MN, Obuchowski N, Modic MT, Malkasian D, Ross JS| title=Magnetic resonance imaging of the lumbar spine in people without back pain. | journal=N Engl J Med | year= 1994 | volume= 331 | issue= 2 | pages= 69-73 | pmid=8208267 | doi=10.1056/NEJM199407143310201 | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=8208267 }} </ref><ref name="pmid19532001">{{cite journal| author=Cheung KM, Karppinen J, Chan D, Ho DW, Song YQ, Sham P et al.| title=Prevalence and pattern of lumbar magnetic resonance imaging changes in a population study of one thousand forty-three individuals. | journal=Spine (Phila Pa 1976) | year= 2009 | volume= 34 | issue= 9 | pages= 934-40 | pmid=19532001 | doi=10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181a01b3f | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=19532001 }} </ref> | |||
===Common Causes=== | ===Common Causes=== | ||
Possible causes of low back pain: <ref>Sailer, Christian, Wasner, Susanne. Differential Diagnosis Pocket. Hermosa Beach, CA: Borm Bruckmeir Publishing LLC, 2002:77 ISBN 1591032016</ref> <ref>Kahan, Scott, Smith, Ellen G. In A Page: Signs and Symptoms. Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishing, 2004:68 ISBN 140510368X</ref> | Possible causes of low back pain: <ref>Sailer, Christian, Wasner, Susanne. Differential Diagnosis Pocket. Hermosa Beach, CA: Borm Bruckmeir Publishing LLC, 2002:77 ISBN 1591032016</ref> <ref>Kahan, Scott, Smith, Ellen G. In A Page: Signs and Symptoms. Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishing, 2004:68 ISBN 140510368X</ref> | ||
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* [[ Ankylosing spondylitis]] | * [[ Ankylosing spondylitis]] | ||
* [[Aortic aneurysm]], abdominal | * [[Aortic aneurysm]], abdominal | ||
* [[ | * [[oophoritis|Autoimmune oophoritis]] | ||
* [[osteosclerosis|Axial osteosclerosis]] | |||
* Back strain | |||
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* [[Bone metastases]] | * [[Bone metastases]] | ||
* Breakdance back syndrome | * Breakdance back syndrome | ||
* [[Breast cancer]] | * [[Breast cancer]] | ||
* [[Cauda equina syndrome]] | * [[Cauda equina syndrome]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Chlamydia infection]] | ||
* [[Chondrocalcinosis]] | * [[Chondrocalcinosis]] | ||
* [[Chordoma]] | * [[Chordoma]] | ||
* [[Cholesterol embolism]] | * [[Cholesterol embolism]] | ||
* [[Chronic interstitial nephritis]] | * [[interstitial nephritis|Chronic interstitial nephritis]] | ||
* [[Chronic pancreatitis]] | * [[Chronic pancreatitis]] | ||
* [[Clinical depression]] | * [[Clinical depression]] | ||
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* [[Coccydynia]] | * [[Coccydynia]] | ||
* [[Colorectal polyps]] | * [[Colorectal polyps]] | ||
* [[ Colorectal cancer]] | * [[Colorectal cancer]] | ||
* [[Copper toxicity ]] | * [[Copper toxicity ]] | ||
* [[Danubian endemic familial nephropathy]] | * [[Danubian endemic familial nephropathy]] | ||
* [[Degenerative disc disease]] | * [[Degenerative disc disease]] | ||
* [[Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis]] | * [[Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis]] | ||
* | * Disc disorder | ||
* [[Discitis]] | * [[Discitis]] | ||
* [[Dysmenorrhoea]] | * [[Dysmenorrhoea]] | ||
* [[Ehlers-Danlos syndrome]] | * [[Ehlers-Danlos syndrome]] | ||
* [[Enteropathic arthritis]] | * [[Enteropathic arthropathy|Enteropathic arthritis]] | ||
* [[Epidural abscess]] | * [[Epidural abscess]] | ||
* | * Excessive lifting | ||
* | * Facet arthropathy | ||
* [[Familial renal cell carcinoma]] | * [[RCC|Familial renal cell carcinoma]] | ||
* [[Fractures]] | * [[Fractures]] | ||
* [[ Functional disorders]] | * [[ Functional disorders]] | ||
* [[Intervertebral disc herniation]] | * [[Intervertebral disc herniation]] | ||
* [[Intradural spinal tumors]] | * [[Intradural spinal tumors]] | ||
* [[Juvenile osteochondrosis of spine | * [[Juvenile osteochondrosis]] of spine | ||
* [[Juvenile osteoporosis]] | * [[Juvenile osteoporosis]] | ||
* [[Leukemia, mast-cell]] | * [[mast cell leukemia|Leukemia, mast-cell]] | ||
* | * Ligament strain | ||
* [[Malignancy]] | * [[Malignancy]] | ||
* [[Marchiafava-Micheli disease]] | * [[Marchiafava-Micheli disease]] | ||
* Metastatic neoplasm | * Metastatic neoplasm | ||
* | * Misaligned pelvis- pelvic obliquity, anteversion or retroversion | ||
* [[Multifocal fibrosclerosis]] | * [[Multifocal fibrosclerosis]] | ||
* [[Muscle spasm]] | * [[Muscle spasm]] | ||
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* [[Ochronosis]] | * [[Ochronosis]] | ||
* [[Osteomalacia]] | * [[Osteomalacia]] | ||
* [[Osteomyelitis | * [[Osteomyelitis]] | ||
* [[Osteoporosis]] | * [[Osteoporosis]] | ||
* [[Paget disease of bone]] | * [[Paget disease of bone]] | ||
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* [[ Polymyalgia rheumatica]] | * [[ Polymyalgia rheumatica]] | ||
* [[Pompe's disease ]] | * [[Pompe's disease ]] | ||
* [[Posterior | * [[Posterior Rami Syndrome]] | ||
* [[Posture]] | * [[Posture]] | ||
* [[Pregnancy]] | * [[Pregnancy]] | ||
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* [[Scheuermann's disease]] | * [[Scheuermann's disease]] | ||
* [[spondyloarthropathy|Seronegative spondylarthritides]] | * [[spondyloarthropathy|Seronegative spondylarthritides]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Anismus|Spastic pelvic floor syndrome]] | ||
* [[Spinal cord injury, acute]] | * [[Spinal cord injury, acute]] | ||
* [[Spondylolisthesis]] | * [[Spondylolisthesis]] | ||
* [[Spondylolysis]] | * [[Spondylolysis]] | ||
* [[Spondylosis]] | * [[Spondylosis]] | ||
* [[Sympathetic pain syndromes]] | * [[Complex regional pain syndrome|Sympathetic pain syndromes]] | ||
* [[Tethered cord syndrome]] | * [[Tethered cord syndrome]] | ||
* [[Transverse myelitis]] | * [[Transverse myelitis]] | ||
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* Vertebral dysfunction | * Vertebral dysfunction | ||
* [[Vertebral fracture]] | * [[Vertebral fracture]] | ||
* [[Viral prostatitis]] | * [[prostatitis|Viral prostatitis]] | ||
* [[whiplash|Whiplash Injuries]] | * [[whiplash|Whiplash Injuries]] | ||
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[[Category:Disability]] | [[Category:Disability]] | ||
[[Category:Orthopedics]] | [[Category:Orthopedics]] | ||
[[Category:Rheumatology]] | [[Category:Rheumatology]] | ||
[[Category:Emergency medicine]] | [[Category:Emergency medicine]] | ||
[[Category:Needs overview]] | [[Category:Needs overview]] | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Causes
Radiographic abnormalities of the low back may occur in patients without pain.[1][2]
Common Causes
Possible causes of low back pain: [3] [4]
- Mechanical:
- Apophyseal osteoarthritis
- Facet arthropathy
- Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis
- Degenerative Discs
- Scheuermann's kyphosis
- Spinal disc herniation (slipped disc)
- Spinal stenosis
- Spondylolisthesis and other congenital abnormalities
- Fractures
- Non-specific muscular or ligamentous strains or sprains
- Leg length difference
- Restricted hip motion
- Misaligned pelvis- pelvic obliquity, anteversion or retroversion
- Inflammatory:
- Seronegative spondylarthritides (e.g. ankylosing spondylitis)
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Infection - epidural abscess or osteomyelitis
- Neoplastic:
- Bone tumors (primary or metastatic)
- Intradural spinal tumors
- Metabolic:
- Osteoporotic fractures
- Osteomalacia
- Ochronosis
- Chondrocalcinosis
- Paget's disease
- Referred pain:
- Pelvic/ abdominal disease
- Posture
- Soft Tissue:
- Ligament strain
- Muscle spasm
- Nerve root irritation, radiculopathy
- Posterior rami syndrome
- Sympathetic pain syndromes RSD,CRPS
- Depression
- Oxygen deprivation
Causes by Organ System
Causes in Alphabetical Order
- Acute intermittent porphyria
- Adrenal hemorrhage
- Alkaptonuria
- Ankylosing spondylitis
- Aortic aneurysm, abdominal
- Autoimmune oophoritis
- Axial osteosclerosis
- Back strain
- Bone metastases
- Breakdance back syndrome
- Breast cancer
- Cauda equina syndrome
- Chlamydia infection
- Chondrocalcinosis
- Chordoma
- Cholesterol embolism
- Chronic interstitial nephritis
- Chronic pancreatitis
- Clinical depression
- Cobb syndrome
- Coccydynia
- Colorectal polyps
- Colorectal cancer
- Copper toxicity
- Danubian endemic familial nephropathy
- Degenerative disc disease
- Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis
- Disc disorder
- Discitis
- Dysmenorrhoea
- Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
- Enteropathic arthritis
- Epidural abscess
- Excessive lifting
- Facet arthropathy
- Familial renal cell carcinoma
- Fractures
- Functional disorders
- Intervertebral disc herniation
- Intradural spinal tumors
- Juvenile osteochondrosis of spine
- Juvenile osteoporosis
- Leukemia, mast-cell
- Ligament strain
- Malignancy
- Marchiafava-Micheli disease
- Metastatic neoplasm
- Misaligned pelvis- pelvic obliquity, anteversion or retroversion
- Multifocal fibrosclerosis
- Muscle spasm
- Myeloma
- Ochronosis
- Osteomalacia
- Osteomyelitis
- Osteoporosis
- Paget disease of bone
- Pancreatic cancer
- Pelvic abscess
- Pelvic inflammatory disease
- Polycystic kidney disease, adult (autosomal dominant)
- Polymyalgia rheumatica
- Pompe's disease
- Posterior Rami Syndrome
- Posture
- Pregnancy
- Premenstrual syndrome
- Prostate cancer
- Prostatitis
- Psoriatic arthritis
- Pyelonephritis, acute
- Reiter's syndrome
- Retroperitoneal fibrosis
- Retroperitoneal haemorrhage
- Scheuermann's disease
- Seronegative spondylarthritides
- Spastic pelvic floor syndrome
- Spinal cord injury, acute
- Spondylolisthesis
- Spondylolysis
- Spondylosis
- Sympathetic pain syndromes
- Tethered cord syndrome
- Transverse myelitis
- Tuberculosis
- Uterine fibroids
- UTI
- Vertebral dysfunction
- Vertebral fracture
- Viral prostatitis
- Whiplash Injuries
References
- ↑ Jensen MC, Brant-Zawadzki MN, Obuchowski N, Modic MT, Malkasian D, Ross JS (1994). "Magnetic resonance imaging of the lumbar spine in people without back pain". N Engl J Med. 331 (2): 69–73. doi:10.1056/NEJM199407143310201. PMID 8208267.
- ↑ Cheung KM, Karppinen J, Chan D, Ho DW, Song YQ, Sham P; et al. (2009). "Prevalence and pattern of lumbar magnetic resonance imaging changes in a population study of one thousand forty-three individuals". Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 34 (9): 934–40. doi:10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181a01b3f. PMID 19532001.
- ↑ Sailer, Christian, Wasner, Susanne. Differential Diagnosis Pocket. Hermosa Beach, CA: Borm Bruckmeir Publishing LLC, 2002:77 ISBN 1591032016
- ↑ Kahan, Scott, Smith, Ellen G. In A Page: Signs and Symptoms. Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishing, 2004:68 ISBN 140510368X