Family physician for chronic low back pain

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A 62-year-old female had been treated by her family physician for chronic low back pain. One morning, upon awakening, she could not get out of bed due to severe back pain. She was brought to the emergency department and admitted. X-rays show several severe compression fractures of the lumbar vertebrae as a result of senile osteoporosis. An injection of a steroidal anti-inflammatory agent is administered into the spinal canal to help alleviate her pain from age-related osteoporosis and the pathologic fracture.

Principal Diagnosis?

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