Question 1 (part 2) · LEK · Spine

Indicate the most common causes of lumbosacral pain in the patients below 30 years of age.

  1. A. seronegative spondyloartropathies.
  2. B. Paget's disease.
  3. C. congenital lumbar spinal stenosis.
  4. D. discopathy.
  5. E. bulging of the nucleus pulposus.
Hint

Think of age-stratified causes of back pain: which group of diseases typically produces inflammatory back pain starting in young adults?

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