Level 1: Back Pain – Related Symptoms and Risk Factors: Expert Panel DDX

How does your differential compare with the experts?

What questions will comprise your review of systems?

Experts’ DDX:

  1. Musculoskeletal Disorder
    1. Muscle strain
    2. Disk problem (herniation)
    3. Osteoarthritis (chronic degenerative process)
  2. Inflammatory process of spine
  3. Chronic muscle inflammation
  4. Nerve Compression of the Spine Secondary to a Tumor
    1. Prostate cancer
    2. Colon cancer
  5. Mechanical compensation
  6. C – Cancer
  7. C – Cord compression
  8. P – Epidural abscess
  9. S – Stones
  10. P – Pyelonephritis