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Henry Egbuchiem1, Nkemputaife Onyechi1, Onoja-Frederick Okwori2
1Internal Medicine, University Hospitals Geauga Medical Center, Cleveland, USA.
Abstract:
Osteitis condensans ilii (OCI), an uncommon cause of chronic back pain, remains a medical conundrum. The primary care physicians' limited awareness of this disease's clinical features, progression, diagnostic modality, and treatment principles creates a situation where the continuous use of numerous and sometimes unnecessary diagnostic tests leads to misdiagnosis of the etiology of chronic back pain and a rise in the cost of health care. Therefore, to further enhance the awareness of this disease, we present a case of osteitis condensans ilii masquerading as an unusual cause of chronic lower back pain in a postmenopausal female.
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