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In this Journal feature, information about a real patient is presented in stages (boldface type) to an expert clinician, who responds to the information, sharing his or her reasoning with the reader (regular type). The authors' commentary follows.

A 44-year-old woman came to the emergency department because of pain in her right thigh shortly after she had a minor fall. A right femoral-neck fracture was diagnosed, and she was admitted to the orthopedic ward to await surgery. Six months before hospitalization, and before she fell, limb pain had developed, which had become progressively worse. The patient also reported a weight . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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From the Department of Medicine, Hadassah–Hebrew University Medical Center, Mount Scopus, Jerusalem.

Address reprint requests to Dr. Chajek-Shaul at the Department of Medicine, Hadassah–Hebrew University Medical Center, Mount Scopus, P.O. Box 24035, Jerusalem 91240, Israel, or at chajek@hadasssah.org.il.

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A Fractured Diagnosis
López-Medrano F., Lizasoain M., Aguado J. M., Cukierman T., Hiller N., Chajek-Shaul T.
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N Engl J Med 2005; 353:1747, Oct 20, 2005. Correspondence

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