title: [Radiological differential diagnosis of chronic back pain].
abstract: Back pain is a frequent phenomenon. Published guidelines should be used to avoid unnecessary diagnostic imaging ("European guidelines for the management of chronic non-specific low back pain" - www.backpaineurope.org). Frequent degenerative changes and their correlation to acute and chronic back pain are described in the following text. Inflammation and tumour caused spine disease need special attention. A false choice of imaging procedure could delay the correct diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Berufsgenossenschaftliches Universitaetsklinikum Bergmannsheil, University of Bochum, Bochum, Germany. werner.pennekamp@rub.de
authors.forename: Werner
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Pennekamp
mesh_terms: D001416:Back Pain / Q000628:therapy*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005060:Europe; D006801:Humans; D010147:Pain Measurement / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic