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Wide pubic symphysis

In human anatomy, and in mammals in general, the mons pubis or pubic mound (also known simply as the mons, and known specifically in females as the mons Venus or mons veneris) is a rounded mass of fatty tissue found over the pubic symphysis of the pubic bones. Anatomy For females, the mons pubis forms the anterior portion of the vulva. [Source: Wikipedia ]

Synonyms

Pubic diastasis

May Be Caused by

Common: Early osteitis pubis; Parturition; Pelvic surgery; Pregnancy; Traumatic dislocation
Uncommon: Anal atresia; Ankylosing spondylitis; Bladder exstrophy; Caudal regression syndrome; Chondrodystrophy; Chronic stress; Cleidocranial dysostosis; Congenital anorectal malformation; Congenital genital malformation; Congenital urinary tract malformation; Defective pubic ossification; Diastasis recti; Dyggve-Melchior-Clausen syndrome; Ehlers-Danlos syndrome; Epispadias; Fraser syndrome; Goltz syndrome; Hyperparathyroidism; Hypophosphatasia; Hypospadias; Hypothyroidism; Idiopathic; Immuno-osseous dysplasia Schimke type; Imperforate anus with rectovaginal fistula; Isolated symphyseal diastasis; Lymphoma; Melnick-Needles osteodysplasty; Metaphyseal chondrodysplasia Jansen type; Multiple myeloma; Neoplasm; Osteitis pubis; Osteomyelitis; Osteonecrosis pubis; Paraplegia; Prune-belly syndrome; Pseudoachondroplasia; Pubic hypoplasia; Rheumatoid arthritis; Syringomyelia; Urethral duplication