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A 49 year old female presents with low back pain radiating into the right leg. ... A 55 year old female presents to the clinic with complaints of left hand and wrist pain and swelling after a slip and fall on the ice yesterday. ... Upon physical exam, lower extremity muscle strength is 5/5 and straight leg raise test is negative.
A 55-year-old female presented with low back pain radiating to the left leg, exacerbated by prolonged supine positioning. Imaging revealed multiple intradural extramedullary lesions, leading to surgical intervention for diagnosis and symptomatic relief. Pathological analysis confirmed the presence of schwannomas, indicating schwannomatosis.
a) Lumbar disc herniation b) Spinal stenosis c) Sacroiliitis d) Piriformis syndrome Answer: a) Lumbar disc herniation Rationale: Chronic low back pain radiating down the leg, worsened by sitting, and a positive straight leg raise test suggest lumbar disc herniation. A 55-year-old female presents with progressive pain and stiffness in her hips ...
Failed back surgery syndrome. Or is it? A 55 year-old female patient develops strong low back pain with diffuse radicular pains over a period of many years, and was struggling to walk. MRI was done, showing central canal stenosis at the L3-4 and L5S1 levels. She undergoes bi-level microdiscectomy and flavectomy for canal decompression.
Spinal stenosis is sometimes associated with spondylolisthesis. The symptoms of lumbar spinal stenosis and degenerative spondylolisthesis tend to overlap. Both conditions include any combination of the following signs and symptoms: Leg pain and lower back pain that develop or worsen when walking short distances or standing upright for prolonged ...
The most common cause of chronic low back pain is idiopathic/nonspecific, accounting for 70% of cases. 9 Because there is a wide range of causes, physicians should be aware of new, acute ...
chronic pain condition. asthma. headache. diabetes. mental health problems. Clinical presentation. Low back pain can be acute (<6 weeks), subacute (6-12 weeks) or chronic (>12 weeks) 2,3 and is defined by its location typically referred to as between the buttock and the lower ribs. Low back pain can be subdivided into the following conditions 5:
Lower back pain in women can be caused by many different conditions and underlying factors. Some causes are specific to women, like PMS or endometriosis, while other causes can happen to anyone ...
On examination, there is tenderness in the lumbar region, and the straight leg raise test/crossover test elicits significant pain on the left side. Neurological assessment shows decreased reflexes in the left ankle., A 68-year-old woman presents to the clinic with chronic lower back pain and leg pain that has progressively worsened over the past year.
Sandra Lewis, a 55-year-old female, has been experiencing pain in her lower left back that wraps around to her inner thigh. Dr. Janson does a renal ultrasound, limited, real time with image documentation. Please list modifiers with the code they relate to as necessary. Include a hyphen in between the code and the modifier. Example: 20610-50.