A 13-year-old boy presents dorsal pain of several months of evolution, only on standing and walking, what diagnosis should we consider?
The pain is of mechanical characteristics, and the most frequent cause of mechanical back pain in adolescents is mechanical overload. There is no data in the statement to suggest any of the other etiologies.
Scheuermann's disease.
Thoracic scoliosis.
Malignant tumor of the vertebral body.
It is a mechanical overload.
There is no data in the statement to suggest any of the other etiologies.
There is no data in the statement to suggest any of the other etiologies.
There is no data in the statement to suggest any of the other etiologies.
The pain is of mechanical characteristics, and the most frequent cause of mechanical back pain in adolescents is mechanical overload.