Medical imaging of low back pain
Landry, M.; Fritsch, C.
Praxis 90(43): 1869-1873
2001
ISSN/ISBN: 1661-8157 PMID: 11712494 Document Number: 537037
The indication for a radiological examination of a patient with low back pain by CT or MRI scans is based on age, medical history and clinical findings. The result of morphological (and possibly structural) tests should be consistent with the clinical findings. In fact, the scans often do not provide very powerful evidence. The elderly patient frequently has permanent deformations or primary or secondary malignant bone lesions and therefore requires special tests.