Problemi speciali
Il mal di schiena nel bambino
Back pain in children
S. Contorno, S. Amoroso, B. Sacher, V. Kiren, A. Ventura
Settembre 2017 - pagg. 447 -453
Abstract
Back pain is an infrequent complaint in children. A complete history and a careful physical
examination should be performed on all patients presenting with back pain. A systematic
approach can diagnose the most common causes: trauma, inflammatory diseases,
infection and malignancy. Starting from two clinical cases of back pain, the paper aims
at underlining several peculiarities of back pain in children to convey some take-home
messages to diagnose its causes.
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