To adjust or not to adjust? The importance of careful X-ray interpretation

Martin Timchur; Peter McCarthy; Christopher Oliver

doi:10.1016/j.clch.2007.07.002

To adjust or not to adjust? The importance of careful X-ray interpretation

Martin Timchur, Peter McCarthy, Christopher Oliver

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Summary A case is presented of a 58-year-old male whose 3-month history of insidious onset low thoracic back pain coupled with failure to reproduce the symptoms during physical examination, led the practitioner to withhold spinal manipulation until the previous X-rays could be obtained. The cause of the back pain was eventually determined to be lytic metastases from a primary prostatic cancer. This case highlights the importance of always reviewing all patient films, even when accompanied by a radiologist report.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	119 - 121
Number of pages	2
Journal	Clinical Chiropractic
Volume	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clch.2007.07.002
Publication status	Published - 1 Sept 2007

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Keywords

x-ray
back pain
interpretation
lytic
metastases
tumour
prostate

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