Abstract
Recently, we encountered two cases where low back pain was improved after vascular reconstructive surgery for arteriosclerosis obliterans in the abdominal cavity, and one additional case where low back pain was diagnosed as “ vascular back pain ” by physiologic and radiological examinations.Based on these three cases, we propose the term “ vascular backache ” and we discuss possible pathomechanisms underlying this condition.It is suggested that one factor leading to low back pain in some cases might be various degrees of ischemia of extensor muscles in the lumbar spine.
