title: Skeletal aches and pains.
abstract: This report by no means includes all nontraumatic conditions that may produce symptoms and signs that require emergency treatment. Rather, it indicates some of the more common problems that may present in this fashion. This report also serves to remind us that we, as radiologists, do have an important role in the diagnosis and proper treatment of emergency room patients, and that such a role requires our close cooperation with the referring physicians. As we survey radiographs taken on these patients, we must remember to ask ourselves important questions: Are the films adequate? Is the abnormality the cause of the patient's symptoms?
mesh_terms: D001847:Bone Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002062:Bursitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004630:Emergencies; D006801:Humans; D010020:Osteonecrosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology; D011859:Radiography; D052256:Tendinopathy / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging