title: Evaluating the child with back pain.
abstract: This article stresses the fact that the pediatric patient who presents with back pain is very different from the adult patient with the same complaint. A child is much less likely to complain of symptoms when there is no organic cause for the complaint, and therefore his or her status should be evaluated carefully. When an immediate cause is not obvious, repeated examination should be performed because time may reveal a cause of the symptoms.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D001416:Back Pain / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008487:Medical History Taking; D010808:Physical Examination; D011859:Radiography