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buttock pain; pygalgia

Etiology: - traumatic - ischial bursitis - hip fracture - exacerbation of osteoarthritis of the hip - sacral fracture - sacroiliac joint syndrome (sacroiliitis) - myofascial pain - lumbar spinal stenosis [2]

General

pain [odyn-]

References

  1. Geriatric Review Syllabus, 8th edition (GRS8) Durso SC and Sullivan GN (eds) American Geriatrics Society, 2013 - Geriatric Review Syllabus, 9th edition (GRS9) Medinal-Walpole A, Pacala JT, Porter JF (eds) American Geriatrics Society, 2016
  2. Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 17, American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 2015
  3. Brown MD, Gomez-Marin O, Brookfield KF, Li PS. Differential diagnosis of hip disease versus spine disease. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2004 Feb;(419):280-4. PMID: 15021166