Urgent Message: Persistent, non-mechanical back pain should raise suspicion for non-muscular causes, and in this case, such pain in an older man was related to a diagnosis of metastatic prostate cancer with bone involvement. Rimsha Afzal, MA; Gregory M. Thompson, MD Key Words: Vertebral Metastases; Metastatic Prostate Cancer; Urgent Care Diagnosis Abstract Introduction: Back pain is a common presentation in the urgent care center. While the majority of diagnoses are self-resolving and of a musculoskeletal …
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