Emergency Imaging
A 49-year-old man presented to the ED with low-back pain. Radiographs of the lumbosacral spine were obtained; a coned-down frontal representative radiograph of the lower lumbar spine and sacrum is presented (Figure 1a).
Emergency Medicine. 2015 March;47(3):133-135
March 1, 2015|Emergency Medicine
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A 49-year-old man presents to the ED with low-back pain.
Case
A 49-year-old man presented to the ED with low-back pain. Radiographs of the lumbosacral spine were obtained; a coned-down frontal representative radiograph of the lower lumbar spine and sacrum is presented (Figure 1a).
,What is the diagnosis? Is additional imaging necessary? If so, why?
