A 26-Year-Old Man Comes to the Emergency Department Due to Fever

question 174

Multiple Choice

A 26-year-old man comes to the emergency department due to fever, right flank pain, and difficulty walking for the past 3 days.  A week ago, the patient was treated with cephalexin for bacterial folliculitis.  He was diagnosed with type I diabetes mellitus 10 years ago and takes subcutaneous insulin.  Temperature is 38.9° C (102° F) .  During the medical interview, the patient lies supine on the examination table with his right hip and knee flexed and the limb externally rotated.  On physical examination, he resists passive extension of the limb due to worsening of the pain.  This patient's pathological process most likely involves which of the following muscles?

• A)Obturator externus
• B)Psoas major
• C)Quadratus lumborum
• D)Rectus femoris
• E)Transversus abdominis

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