Giant Meckel diverticulum with enteroliths: a case report of a patient presenting with low back and episodic right lower quadrant pain.

Objectives: The purpose of this case report is to describe a patient who presented with low back pain and episodic right lower quadrant pain who had a long-standing giant Meckel diverticulum with enteroliths.

Clinical Features: A 49-year-old woman presented to a chiropractic clinic with low back pain and history of intermittent right lower quadrant pain. Lumbar radiography demonstrated calcifications in the pelvic basin that changed position with changes in patient posture.

Renal cell carcinoma in a 44-year-old man: an etiology for low back pain.

Objective: The aim of this case study is to describe a patient with low back pain due to renal cell carcinoma (RCC). A brief review of RCC, including clinical presentation, diagnostic imaging, treatment, and outcomes, is discussed.

Clinical Features: A 44-year-old man presented to a chiropractic clinic with chronic low back pain.

Use of percutaneous vertebroplasty for intractable back pain associated with compression fracture in an 80-year-old female.

Objective: The aim of this study is to describe a patient with painful osteoporotic compression fracture and subsequent relief from percutaneous vertebroplasty (PVP). A brief review of vertebroplasty including indications, contraindications, and potential complications is discussed.

Clinical Features: An 80-year-old woman presented with severe low back pain and no history of trauma.

Sacral fatigue fracture in a female runner: a case report.

Objective: This case report describes and discusses the clinical presentation, diagnosis, and management of a patient with a sacral fatigue fracture.

Clinical Features: A 26-year-old female long-distance runner presented with nonspecific low-back and buttock pain that prevented her from training.

Intervention And Outcome: Radiographic findings on the patient's lumbar spine and pelvis were interpreted as normal.

Immediate changes in the quadriceps femoris angle after insertion of an orthotic device.

Objective: To measure changes in the quadriceps femoris angle (Q-angle) after the insertion of full-length flexible orthotics.

Setting: Outpatient health center of Logan College of Chiropractic.

Subjects: A total of 40 male subjects were included in the study population.

Osteogenesis imperfecta in a weightlifter.

Objective: To discuss the case of a 42-yr-old weightlifter with osteogenesis imperfecta.

Clinical Features: The patient had bilateral acute elbow pain and a previous history of more than 35 fractures of the spine and extremities.

Intervention: There is no current treatment for osteogenesis imperfecta.