What is the differential diagnosis of low back pain?
The most common alternate diagnoses include
- focal hip pathology,
- vertebral compression fractures,
- metastasis from malignancy,
- ankylosing spondylitis, and
- vertebral osteomyelitis
Rare causes of low back pain include
- abdominal aortic aneurysm
- pelvic disorders,
- abdominal visceral pathology, and
- other neuropathic disorders like inflammatory polyneuropathies or mononeuropathies