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Causes of Low Back Pain - Differential Diagnosis
Intrinsic Spine: Lumbar strain, Herniated nucleus pulposus, Compression fracture,
Causes of Low Back ... Diagnosis Intrinsic Spine ... Compression fracture, Spinal ... disease, Malignancy, Vertebral ... Differential #Diagnosis #causes
Orthopedic Essentials - Spinal Trauma and Spine Classification 
DENIS THREE COLUMN CONCEPT
Anterior column:
Trauma and Spine ... fractures: Don't cause ... Neurological deficit • Vertebral ... compression >1/3 • Vertebral ... displacement >1/3 • Vertebral
Back Pain - Differential Diagnosis
Primary Back Pathology:
 • Musculoligamentous injury (a.k.a. lumbosacral strain)
 • Spondylosis (i.e.
arthritis of the spine ... Spondylolisthesis • Spinal ... Epidural abscess, Vertebral ... • Metastases: Vertebrae ... Differential #Diagnosis #causes
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
Causes of spinal ... • Extrinsic Causes ... • Intrinsic Causes ... infarction which can be caused ... Compression injury - Vertebral
Paget’s Disease: Complications
Abnormal Osteoclasts cause excessive bone turnover -> Incr bone resorption, Incr (abnormal) bone formation

MSK
Abnormal Osteoclasts cause ... growth of bone in vertebral ... may narrow the vertebral ... canal & compress spinal ... nerve roots or the spinal
Neurological Manifestations of Tuberculosis
Spinal Arachnoiditis & Polyradiculopathy:
 • Subacute onset of limb weakness, bladder/bowel dysfunction, muscle
of Tuberculosis Spinal ... of meninges in spinal ... Pott's Disease (Vertebral ... gibbus deformity, vertebral ... neurological symptoms • Caused
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
Spinal Cord Disorders ... Diagnosis Framework Spinal ... compression by fractured vertebral ... Cord Causes: 1 ... myelopathy - Spinal
Kyphosis: Anterior curvature of the spine, in this case caused by severe osteoporosis and resultant vertebral
curvature of the spine ... , in this case caused ... and resultant vertebral
Vertebral Hydatidosis- Physical examination revealed impaired sensation in both legs and weak foot flexion. Laboratory tests
Vertebral Hydatidosis ... imaging of the spine ... the 9th thoracic vertebra ... Infection can cause ... radiology #MRI #NEJM #vertebral
Vertebral Body Abnormalities

A sheet of common (and uncommon) vertebral body findings, because a completely “normal” spine
Vertebral Body Abnormalities ... (and uncommon) vertebral ... completely “normal” spine ... Limbus Vertebra ... Pathology #Anomalies #Spine