You respond for a 52-year-old woman complaining of pain in her right calf. She has been relatively immobile since fracturing her ankle two weeks earlier. You should first suspect:

A) deep vein thrombosis.
B) pathological fracture.
C) multiple myeloma.
D) sickle cell crisis.


Answer: A

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