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An older man with thoracic back pain
BMJ 2016; 355 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.i5786 (Published 23 November 2016) Cite this as: BMJ 2016;355:i5786
- Joseph Dalby Sinnott, core surgical trainee1,
- David C Howlett, consultant radiologist2
- 1Department of Surgery, East Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust, Eastbourne, UK
- 2Department of Radiology, East Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust
- Correspondence to: J D Sinnott j.d.sinnott{at}gmail.com
A 76 year old man with a history of prostate cancer presented to his general practitioner with increasing mid thoracic back pain. Radiographs of the thoracic spine were obtained (fig 1⇓).What do these show?
Fig 1 Radiographs of the thoracic spine
Answer
The plain film radiographs show a …
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