Spine Conditions

A 13-year-old, right-handed, adolescent boy presented to his pediatrician for his annual health maintenance examination with no chief complaint.

A 70-year-old man presents with lower back pain, bilateral buttock pain, and a sensation of bilateral leg weakness, most notably in the right ankle and foot.

A 7-year-old boy with no significant medical history presented to our emergency department with progressive mental status changes. The patient’s symptoms had started 2 weeks prior to presentation with...

A 12-month-old boy presented as an outpatient to a pediatrician with concern for a posterior cervical dimple.

CT scans of an 81-year-old woman revealed vacuum phenomena in the intervertebral disks on the levels L1 through S1. Many internists are not familiar with the interpretation of this finding and its clinical...

A previously healthy 2-year-old boy presented with a 2-day history of dysphagia. He refused to eat or drink and would not swallow his saliva and thus was constantly drooling.

A 2-year-old previously healthy, fully-immunized right-hand–dominant boy presented to a children’s emergency department with acute-onset fever and paralysis of his right upper extremity.

​A 33-year-old woman with no significant past medical history presented to our family medicine practice with concern for a headache when she laughs or leans her head forward.

Ascites is defined as a pathologic amount of fluid in the peritoneal cavity. It is a relatively uncommon condition in the pediatric population.

A 74-year-old man presented to his primary care provider with a 1-month history of new-onset low back pain.