clar697
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A 68-year-old woman is brought to the emergency department by her husband 3 hours after the onset of severe pain in the middle of her lower back after carrying groceries. She takes no medications, and her never received hormone replacement therapy. Physical examination shows tenderness over the lumbosacral spine. Neurologic examination shows no focal findings. Which of the following is most likely on xray of the spine?
A) Compression fracture of L4
B) Facet joint dislocation at L3-L4
C) Fracture of a lateral process of L1
D) Herniation of the L-S1 intervetebral disc
E) Spinal stenosis at T12
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| match2010
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A
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| gladiator9
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I think it is A
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| hitesh
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A) Compression fracture of L4
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