LORDOSIS

LORDOSIS: Excerpt from Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care

This condition is often congenital and idiopathic, but it is seen in untreated bilateral congenital dislocation of the hips and muscular dystrophy. It is also seen due to the forward slipping of the 5^th lumbar vertebra in spondylolisthesis. An x-ray of the lumbar spine and hips will diagnose the cause in most cases. A muscle biopsy may be needed to diagnose muscular dystrophy.

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LOW BACK PAIN

	V	I	N	D
	Vascular	Inflammatory	Neoplasm	Degenerative
				and Deficiency
Skin		Herpes zoster
Muscle, Fascia, and Ligaments		Fibromyositis Trichinosis
Lumbosacral Spine		Tuberculosis Osteomyelitis	Hodgkin lymphoma Metastatic carcinoma Multiple myeloma	Osteomalacia Osteoporosis Osteoarthritis Lumbar spondylosis
Spinal Cord and Cauda Equina	Atrioventricular anomaly	Epidural abscess Myelitis	Primary and metastatic tumors
Aorta	Aortic aneurysm			Dissecting aneurysm
Rectum	Hemorrhoid	Anal fissure Perirectal abscess	Carcinoma
Uterus, Tubes, and Ovaries		Endometritis Tubo-ovarian abscess	Fibroid Carcinoma Endometriosis Ovarian cyst
Bladder and Prostate		Cystitis Urethritis Prostatitis	Prostatic carcinoma

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LEG PAIN

	I	C	A	T	E
	Intoxication	Congenital and	Autoimmune	Trauma	Endocrine
	Idiopathic	Acquired Anomaly	Allergic
		Pilonidal cyst		Contusion Laceration
		Herniation of subfascial fat Faulty posture		Contusion Tear Lumbosacral sprain
	Paget disease Alkaptonuria Gout	Herniated disc Spina bifida Spondylolisthesis Coccydynia Scoliosis	Rheumatoid spondylitis	Herniated disc Fracture Sprung back Coccydynia	Osteitis fibrosa cystica
		Atrioventricular anomaly
		Fistula
		Retroversion or retroflexion			Dysmenorrhea
				Ruptured urethra or bladder

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Book Source Details

• Book Title: Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care
• Author(s): R. Douglas Collins MD, FACP
• Year of Publication: 2007
• Copyright Details: Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care, Copyright © 2007 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

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More About This Book: Title: Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care Authors: R. Douglas Collins MD, FACP Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Copyright: 2007 ISBN: 0-7817-6812-8

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