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The patient is an 80-year-old man who presents to urgent care with low back pain of two weeks duration. He is hemodynamically stable and has a normal neurological exam. His personal medical history reveals hypertension, for which he is being treated. Blood pressure is 140/80, pulse 63.
View the x-ray taken (Figure 1) and consider what your diagnosis and next steps would be. Resolution of the case is described on the next page.
Clinical Challenge: June, 2008
Nahum Kovalski, BSc, MDCM
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