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Emergency Imaging

A 49-year-old man presented to the ED with low-back pain. Radiographs of the lumbosacral spine were obtained; a coned-down frontal representative radiograph of the lower lumbar spine and sacrum is presented (<b>Figure 1a</b>).

Emergency Medicine. 2015 March;47(3):133-135
Author(s):
Roger J. Bartolotta, MD
Keith D. Hentel, MD

A 49-year-old man presents to the ED with low-back pain.

 

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A 49-year-old man presented to the ED with low-back pain. Radiographs of the lumbosacral spine were obtained; a coned-down frontal representative radiograph of the lower lumbar spine and sacrum is presented (Figure 1a).

What is the diagnosis? Is additional imaging necessary? If so, why?

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