Problemi speciali
Il mal di schiena nel bambino
Back pain in children
Sarah Contorno1, Stefano Amoroso1, Bruno Sacher2, Valentina Kiren3, Alessandro Ventura1,3
1Università di Trieste
2Ospedale Sant’Antonio, San Daniele del Friuli (Udine)
3IRCCS Materno-Infantile “Burlo Garofolo”, Trieste
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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