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Originally Posted by DocIllinois
SOL, volume status. I've personally seen cases of the following start out febrile and with unremitting LBP:
- Malaria
- Meningitis
- Extradural primary spinal cancer
- Conus Medullaris Syndrome after intradural disc herniation
These are zebras, but clinical experience with similar S/S, nonetheless.
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Acute leukemia and mutliple myeloma may also present in a similar fashion.
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