OBJECTIVES The objective of this double-blind randomised, placebo-controlled study was to examine the efficacy and safety intramuscular vitamin B12 (Tricortin 1000) in the treatment of low back pain in patients with mechanical or irritative lumbago. METHODS 60 patients aged between 18 and 65 years with lumbago or sciatic neuritis of mechanical origin without need for surgical procedures were ...

We report 2 cases of sacral insufficient fracture detected by FDG-PET/CT. In case 1, a 79-year-old female patient with malignant lymphoma, who had recent lumbago, received FDG-PET/CT examination. Vertical linear FDG uptake medial to bilateral sacro-iliac joint was observed on FDG-PET and a fracture line corresponding to FDG uptake was observed in bone window of CT images. In case 2, an 81-year-...

To cite: Hirata J-ichi, Ohya M. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2013200176 DESCRIPTION A 92-year-old woman was admitted to the emergency room owing to a history of lumbago after falling on her back during a walk. She had been treated for mediastinal mature teratoma for the past 15 years. Thirty minutes after arriving at the emergency room, she repo...