musculoskeletal disorder

For your assignment, respond to the following:
1.    What is in your differential diagnosis (top 3 minimum) as you think through this case?
2.    What would you order, if anything?
3.    What else would you like to ask Mrs. Johnson relating to how she may have been injured?
4.    There are at least two areas of concern on this x-ray—one is a pathological fx of her humerus. Research pathological fractures; review the physiology of the musculoskeletal system and compare and contrast this knowledge with this pathophysiological condition.
5.    After focusing on the pathophysiology of the fractured bone, discuss what other disorders you suspect from a review of the x-ray.
6.    What would be your primary choice for an underlying diagnosis for Mrs. Johnson, and why?
7.    What past pertinent information related to a pathological fracture and your second suspected diagnosis would you like to ask Mrs. Johnson?
8.    Are there any additional tests, radiological studies, etc. that you would order for Mrs. Johnson?
9.    Will you refer this patient, and if so, to whom?