title: Scheuermann's disease with low localization. A problem of under-diagnosis.
abstract: Sequelae after Scheuermann's disease below the level of Th10/Th11 occur commonly and are presumed to produce low back pain in almost all cases. Despite this, the condition is frequently over-looked by both clinicians and radiologists. Of 55 rehabilitees with "low Scheuermann" this had only been diagnosed and acknowledged as a cause of pain in 20 prior to admission to the rehabilitation clinic. In 12 it had been diagnosed radiologically but not acknowledged as a cause of pain, while it had been completely over-looked in 23.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001416:Back Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D012544:Scheuermann Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging