A 70-year-old man is complaining of calf pain that gets better when he leans forward or sits. He has a history of low back pain for several years and was told it was due to arthritis of his spine, but he never had this calf pain. He feels like his legs are a bit weaker. This pain pattern is characteristic of:
A) lumbar strain.
B) spinal stenosis.
C) osteoporosis.
D) ankylosing spondylitis.

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The symptoms described are characteristic of spinal stenosis, where the narrowing of the spinal canal leads to nerve compression, causing leg pain that improves with flexion (leaning forward or sitting).

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