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Review Question - QID 214585

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QID 214585 (Type "214585" in App Search)
A 6-year-old girl is brought to the emergency department with a 2-hour history of severe left thigh pain. Her parents say that she was playing at home when she fell off the couch onto carpet and immediately started crying in pain. She was holding her thigh and refused to stand so her parents immediately brought her to the emergency department for evaluation. On presentation, she is found to have pain and swelling of her left femur and physical exam reveals the findings shown in Figure A. Radiographs show an intertrochanteric femoral fracture through an area of abnormally lucent bone. Which of the following mechanisms is the most likely cause of this patient's disease?
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