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Kyphosis

Kyphosis is an abnormally excessive convex curvature of the spine as it occurs in the thoracic and sacral regions. Abnormal inward concave lordotic curving of the cervical and lumbar regions of the spine is called lordosis. [Source: Wikipedia ]

May Cause
Extrinsic impression on thoracic esophagus
Narrow intervertebral disk space
Wedged vertebra
May Be Caused by
 Common
Achondroplasia
Ankylosing spondylitis
Bad posture
Bony spinal bar
Cerebral palsy
Congenital spinal anomaly
Fused vertebrae
Hemivertebra
Idiopathic
Multiple myeloma
Muscular dystrophy
Myasthenia gravis
Neurofibromatosis
Osteochondrodysplasia
Osteoporosis
Paget disease of bone
Paraplegia
Poliomyelitis
Rheumatoid spondylitis
Scheuermann disease
Spina bifida with meningocele
Spinal osteomyelitis
Spine neoplasm
Storage disease
Tetanus
Tuberculous spondylitis
Vertebral dislocation
Vertebral fracture
 Uncommon
Acromegaly
Binder syndrome
Campomelic dysplasia
Charcot spine
Cockayne syndrome
Fanconi anemia
Generalized weakness
Hypothyroidism
Infantile hypothyroidism
Intellectual deficit - cataracts - kyphosis
Neuropathic osteoarthropathy
Noonan syndrome
Osteomalacia
Prader-Willi syndrome
Primary hyperparathyroidism
Radiation therapy atrophy
Rickets
Syringomyelia
Tuberous sclerosis

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