Contribution:
Dr Melanie Lau
Patient data: 29-year-old Male
Presentation: manual labourer
Acute on chronic back pain
Diagnosis:
Disc Protrusions
Muscular strain - grade 1, right paraspinal muscles
Duplicated IVC
Commentary:
When assessing for a cause of back pain, remember to also look at the paraspinal musculature for strain, oedema, collections, atrophy
Check the retroperitoneum for pathology - in this case, an incidentally detected duplicated IVC






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