Back pain in an elderly patient - A case report
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Back pain in an elderly patient - A case report
Creator
Zay Yar Aung
Nyein Aye Lwin
Diraviyam Balasubramanian
Date
2023-01-06
Language
en
Type
Journal Article
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Journal Article
ISSN
2522-7165
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ABSTRACT
Low back pain (LBP) secondary to the degenerative spinal disorder is a very common medical condition that presents in elderly people and rarely indicates a serious illness. We would like to report a case of 83 years old gentleman with a history of chronic degenerative back pain with the change in the nature of back pain, which triggered us to arrange further investigations and diagnosed Psoas abscess(PA) secondary to septic vertebral arthritis. It was treated with CT-guided drainage and sensitive antibiotics. This case report highlights the atypical presentation of diseases in elderly patients, and the common pitfalls of missing serious pathologies, which increases morbidity and mortality.
Keywords: low back pain, septic arthritis, Psoas abscess
Low back pain (LBP) secondary to the degenerative spinal disorder is a very common medical condition that presents in elderly people and rarely indicates a serious illness. We would like to report a case of 83 years old gentleman with a history of chronic degenerative back pain with the change in the nature of back pain, which triggered us to arrange further investigations and diagnosed Psoas abscess(PA) secondary to septic vertebral arthritis. It was treated with CT-guided drainage and sensitive antibiotics. This case report highlights the atypical presentation of diseases in elderly patients, and the common pitfalls of missing serious pathologies, which increases morbidity and mortality.
Keywords: low back pain, septic arthritis, Psoas abscess
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2023-01-07 23:50:09
Date
2023-01-06
Language
en
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littlebaypublishers.com
Pages
1-4
Publication Title
South East Asia Journal of Medical Sciences
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Back pain in an elderly patient - A case report
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https://littlebaypublishers.com/index.php/seajournalms/article/view/86
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Zay Yar Aung, Nyein Aye Lwin, and Diraviyam Balasubramanian, “Back pain in an elderly patient - A case report,” Open Access Journal Archives, accessed March 22, 2023, https://www.oajour.info/items/show/1848.