Open AccessX‐Ray Quiz: A Middle‐Aged Man with Low Back Pain
Author(s) -
Tsang TK,
Wai MW,
Fung HS,
Kwok KY,
Lo SM
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
hong kong journal of emergency medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.145
H-Index - 12
eISSN - 2309-5407
pISSN - 1024-9079
DOI - 10.1177/102490790601300312
Subject(s) - medicine , low back pain , computed tomography , radiology , alternative medicine , pathology
A 41-year-old man with history of intracranial arteriovenous malformation had a convulsion and fall one week ago. There was no back pain immediately after he regained consciousness. He claimed to have mechanical back pain of insidious onset subsequent ly. There was no accompanying lower limb numbness or weakness. He had no fever. At the time of presentation, there was tenderness at the upper lumbar spine region. There was no neurological deficit in the lower limbs and the anal tone was normal. Plain radiographs of the lumbar spine were obtained (Figures 1a & 1b).