Causes of Low Back Pain - Differential Diagnosis Intrinsic Spine: Lumbar strain, Herniated nucleus pulposus, Compression fracture, Spinal stenosis, Spondylolisthesis, spondylolysis, spondylosis Systemic: Inflammatory spondyloarthropathy, Connective tissue disease, Malignancy, Vertebral discitis/osteomyelitis Referred: • Vascular - abdominal aortic aneurysm; • GI - pancreatitis, PUD, cholecystitis; • Neurologic - herpes zoster; • Pelvic - endometriosis, PID, prostatitis; • Retroperitoneal - renal colic, pyelonephritis - BWH Medicine Chiefs @BrighamChiefs #Lower #BackPain #Differential #Diagnosis #causes #primarycare #msk
