Title: Iliocostal syndrome<br/>Author: Brian Corwell<br/><a href='http://umem.org/profiles/faculty/294/'>[Click to email author]</a><hr/><p>
<strong>Iliocostal syndrome aka iliocostal friction syndrome</strong></p>
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Consider this entity in an elderly patient with osteoporosis with unexplained abdomen/flank or back pain.</p>
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Osteoporosis and/or vertebral compression fractures can result in a narrowing of the distance between .</p>
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the lowest anterior rib and the top of the iliac crest producing pain where this rib contacts the pelvis.</p>
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This can be perceived as side or back pain. This pain can restrict walking leading to a possible misdiagnosis of spinal stenosis. Treatment is with physical therapy and therapeutic injection.</p>
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http://www.caringmedical.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/iliocostalis.syndrome.jpg</p>