11-08-2006, 06:18 PM
A 60-year-old construction worker presents to your office with a one-week history of back pain. The pain is brief, severe, and radiates along the posterior surface of the right thigh. It is provoked by bending forward and straining, and abates on lying down. His past medical history is insignificant. He has tried several over-the-counter pain relievers without success. Which of the following is most likely diagnosis:-
A) Spinal stenosis
B) Nerve root irritation
C) Inflammatory Spondyloarthropathy
D) Fibromyalgia
E) Muscular strain
A) Spinal stenosis
B) Nerve root irritation
C) Inflammatory Spondyloarthropathy
D) Fibromyalgia
E) Muscular strain