title: Back pain with lower limb paresis - a case study.
abstract: Case study  A Caucasian man, 58 years of age, presented to his general practitioner with a 3 week history of acute-on-chronic lower thoracic back pain that radiated bilaterally to his lower limbs.
authors.affiliation: Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. dr.robertg@gmail.com
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: George
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D017116:Low Back Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D035002:Lower Extremity; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology; D010291:Paresis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed