- Diff Dx: - Developmental disorders -
Herniated Disc in the Child: -
Osteomyelitis of the Spine: -
Tuberculous Spondylitis: -
Diskitis -
Spinal Cord Tumors -
Primary Bone Tumors -
eosinophilic granuloma -
ewing's sarcoma -
metastatic neuroblastoma -
Slipped Vertebral Apophysis: -
Spondylothisthesis -
Kyphosis -
Scheuermann's disease is the most common cause of pain in the thoracic and thoracolumbar regions of the back; -
Klippel-Feil syndrome: - pain is usually due to hypermobility or instability of adjacent vertebral segment or to degenerative osteoarthrosis; - Diastematomyelia: - frequently associated with a cutaneous malformation overlying defect, is more likely to present w/ neurological abnormalities involving lower extremities, such as unilateral cavus foot or calf atrophy, rather than with back pain; ----------------------------------
