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BACK PAIN (excluding orthopaedic causes) |
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infections: |
osteomyelitis spinal or subarachnoid abscess tuberculosis meningitis basal pneumonia |
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metabolic: |
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vascular: |
leaking aortic aneurysm subarachnoid or spinal haemorrhage or infarction |
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neoplasms: |
metastases primary spinal / vertebral tumours |
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gastrointestinal: |
posterior perforated peptic ulcer inflammatory bowel disease pancreatitis cholelithiasis |
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renal: |
hydronephrosis nephrolithiasis pyelonephritis renal infarction renal tumours renal cysts (bleeding or rupture) |
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blood: |
sickle-cell crisis |
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gynaecologic: |
uterine neoplasms ovarian neoplasms dysmenorrhoea salpingitis |
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collagen disease: |
ankylosing spondylitis other enthesopathies |
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endocrine: |
adrenal haemorrhage / infarction |
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psychogenic / malingering |
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