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10. A 72-year-old man with hypertension has had increasingly severe back pain over the past 2
months. He had a myocardial infarction 4 years ago. He has marked tenderness over T11, T12, L1,
and L2. An x-ray film of the lumbosacral spine shows osteoblastic lesions in these vertebrae. Which
of the following is the most likely diagnosis?
A
) Abdominal aneurysm
B
) Fibrosarcoma
C
) Metastatic prostate carcinoma
D
) Multiple myeloma
E
) Osteosarcoma


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  #2

I feel C.


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  #3

bcs of age - prostatic or MM, MM - osteolytic, one left - C smiling face

  #4

Thanks Her.I had found the answer given as MM by somebody that is why I wanted to confirm this apparently obvious qs


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  #5

Thanks Hero ( sorry.)


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  #6

osteoblastic= prostate and breast
Myeloma=osteolytic

Metastasis of prstate
answer is C

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