01-05-2012, 03:37 AM
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
A
) Abdominal aneurysm
B
) Fibrosarcoma
C
) Metastatic prostate carcinoma
D
) Multiple myeloma
E
) Osteosarcoma