A curious cause of recurrent lower back pain

An elderly man with a simple complaint of back pain turns out to be full of surprises
Charlie Sigston
senior man with back pain

Bill is an 86-year-old retired carpenter and aged care resident with mild dementia who requests his GP attend to review his low back pain.

With this flare-up, he initially described paroxysms of sharp severe bilateral low back pain one week ago. There was no clear trigger or precipitant.