You are talking to a 54-year-old patient who has joint pain. As the attending physician, you order a scan to look at the cartilage in the patient's painful joints because you suspect that cartilage has worn away, leading to

A. acromegaly.

B. rheumatoid arthritis.

C. scoliosis.

D. osteoporosis.

E. osteoarthritis.


E. osteoarthritis.

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