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Abstract
Orthopedic Surgery requested an inpatient Internal Medicine consultation for evaluation of an 81 year old woman with multiple vertebral fractures of possible pathologic origin. The patient had been in excellent health with no chronic medical problems and took no medications. Three months prior to admission, she presented to an outside ER with the acute onset of midline thoracic back pain that started immediately after lifting a gallon of milk.
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