Osteoarthritis/spondylosis, degenerative disk disease, muscular strain, fibromyalgia; metabolic, infectious, or malignant causes of back pain; diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (Table 160-1).
Treatment: Ankylosing Spondylitis
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For a more detailed discussion, see Taurog JD, Carter JD: The Spondyloarthritides, Chap. 384, p. 2169, in HPIM-19. |
Section 12. Allergy, Clinical Immunology, and Rheumatology