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Kyphosis: Introduction

Kyphosis: Increased curvature of the thoracic spine, giving the appearance of being hunched over. See free access online books about Kyphosis below. See detailed information below for a list of 226 causes of Kyphosis, including diseases and drug side effect causes.

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Causes of Kyphosis:

The following medical conditions are some of the possible causes of Kyphosis. There are likely to be other possible causes, so ask your doctor about your symptoms.

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Causes of Types of Kyphosis:

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Causes of General Symptom Types

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Causes of Similar Symptoms to Kyphosis

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Diagnostic Guides for Kyphosis

Medical Books Excerpts Read excertps from published book sections related to Kyphosis from the following published medical books for more detailed information about Kyphosis. Free access (no registration): read all online diagnostic book sections about Kyphosis

Medical Books Excerpts
  • SCOLIOSIS
  • "Algorithmic Diagnosis of Symptoms and Signs" (2003)
  • KYPHOSIS
  • "Algorithmic Diagnosis of Symptoms and Signs" (2003)
  • Scoliosis
  • "In A Page: Pediatric Signs and Symptoms" (2007)
  • Scoliosis
  • "Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition)" (2005)
  • Kyphosis
  • "Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition)" (2005)
  • KYPHOSIS
  • "Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care" (2007)
 

Copyright notice for book excerpts: Copyright © 2008 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

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Causes of Kyphosis listed in Disease Database:

Other medical conditions listed in the Disease Database as possible causes of Kyphosis as a symptom include:

See full list of 226 causes of Kyphosis
- (Source - Diseases Database)

Definitions of Kyphosis:

Abnormally increased convexity in the curvature of the thoracic spine as viewed from the side. (Dorland, 27th ed)
- (Source - Diseases Database)

An abnormal backward curve to the vertebral column
- (Source - WordNet 2.1)

Detailed list of causes of Kyphosis

The list below shows some of the causes of Kyphosis mentioned in various sources:

See full list of 226 causes of Kyphosis

How Common are these Causes of Kyphosis?

This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases, not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Kyphosis. Of the 226 causes of Kyphosis that we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:

  • 2 causes are "very common" diseases
  • 1 causes are "common" diseases
  • 2 causes are "uncommon" diseases
  • 3 causes are "rare" diseases
  • 11 causes are "very rare" diseases
  • 213 causes have no prevalence information.

See the analysis of the prevalence of 226 causes of Kyphosis

Conditions listing symptoms: Kyphosis:

The following list of conditions have 'Kyphosis' or similar listed as a symptom in our database. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

Symbols

  • 3C syndrome ... kyphosis
  • 3q deletion ... kyphosis
  • 47,XXX syndrome ... kyphosis

    A

  • Acromesomelic dysplasia, Maroteaux type ... kyphosis
  • Angiokeratoma - mental retardation - coarse face ... kyphosis
  • Arthrogryposis due to muscular dystrophy ... kyphosis
  • Arthrogryposis multiplex congenita, distal, X-linked ... kyphosis
  • Arthrogryposis, distal, type 2A ... kyphosis
  • Arthropathy, progressive pseudorheumatoid, of childhood ... kyphosis

    B

  • Bentham-Driessen-Hanveld syndrome ... kyphosis
  • Berk-Tabatznik syndrome ... cervical kyphosis
  • Borjeson Syndrome ... kyphosis
  • Buntinx-Lormans-Martin syndrome ... kyphosis

    C

  • Chitayat-Moore-Del Bigio syndrome ... kyphosis
  • Chromosome 1, uniparental disomy 1q12 q21 ... Kyphosis
  • Chromosome 10p deletion syndrome ... kyphosis
  • Chromosome 14q, proximal duplication ... kyphosis
  • Chromosome 15q duplication syndrome ... kyphosis
  • Chromosome 15q tetrasomy syndrome ... kyphosis
  • Chromosome 15q, tetrasomy ... Kyphosis
  • Chromosome 15q, trisomy ... Kyphosis
  • Chromosome 17p, partial duplication ... kyphosis
  • Chromosome 1p deletion syndrome ... kyphosis
  • Chromosome 20, deletion 20p ... Kyphosis
  • Chromosome 20p deletion syndrome ... kyphosis
  • Chromosome 21 monosomy ... kyphosis
  • Chromosome 22, trisomy ... kyphosis
  • Chromosome 5q deletion syndrome ... kyphosis
  • Chromosome 6, monosomy 6q ... Kyphosis
  • Chromosome 6q deletion syndrome ... kyphosis
  • Chromosome 8, trisomy 8p ... Kyphosis
  • Chromosome 8, trisomy 8q ... Kyphosis
  • Chromosome 8p duplication syndrome ... kyphosis
  • Chromosome 8p inverted duplication syndrome ... kyphosis
  • Chromosome 8q duplication syndrome ... kyphosis
  • Chromosome 9, partial trisomy 9p ... kyphosis
  • Chromosome 9, trisomy 9q ... kyphosis
  • Chromosome 9q duplication ... kyphosis
  • Chromosome 9q duplication syndrome ... kyphosis
  • Coffin-Lowry syndrome ... kyphosis

    D

  • Daish-Hardman-Lamont syndrome ... kyphosis
  • Davenport-Donlan syndrome ... kyphosis
  • Deletion 20p ... Kyphosis
  • Deletion 6q ... Kyphosis
  • Diastrophic dysplasia ... kyphosis
  • Duplication 8p ... Kyphosis
  • Duplication 8q ... Kyphosis
  • Duplication 9p partial ... kyphosis
  • Dyggve-Melchior-Clausen Syndrome ... kyphosis

    E

  • Ectodermal dysplasia - neurosensory deafness ... kyphosis
  • Ehlers-Danlos syndrome type VI ... kyphosis
  • Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, 6B ... kyphosis
  • Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, kyphoscoliosis type ... kyphosis
  • Emerinopathy ... kyphosis
  • Engelhard-Yatziv syndrome ... kyphosis
  • Epileptic encephalopathy, early infantile, 2 ... kyphosis
  • Erdheim disease II ... kyphosis

    F

  • FACES syndrome ... kyphosis
  • Frank-Ter Haar syndrome ... kyphosis
  • Fryns macrocephaly ... kyphosis
  • Fryns-Fabry-Remans syndrome ... kyphosis
  • Fucosidosis type 1 ... lumbar kyphosis
  • Fucosidosis type II ... lumbar kyphosis

    G

  • Gangliosidosis, generalized GM1 type 3 ... kyphosis
  • Gaucher disease type 3 ... kyphosis
  • Geroderma osteodysplastica ... kyphosis
  • Gerodermia osteodysplastica ... kyphosis
  • Gerodermia osteodysplastica hereditaria ... kyphosis
  • Gerodermia osteodysplasticum ... kyphosis
  • Gigantism partial - nevi - hemihypertrophy - macrocephaly ... kyphosis
  • Glycogen storage disease type 2 ... kyphosis
  • Glycogenosis type 2 ... kyphosis
  • Gurrieri-Sammito-Bellussi syndrome ... kyphosis

    H

  • Heart defects - limb shortening ... kyphosis
  • Homocystinuria ... kyphosis

    I

  • Intellectual deficit - cataracts - calcified pinnae - myopathy ... kyphosis
  • Intracranial aneurysms - multiple congenital anomaly ... kyphosis

    K

  • KBG Syndrome ... kyphosis

    L

  • Larsen-like syndrome, lethal form ... kyphosis
  • Larsen-like syndrome, lethal type ... kyphosis
  • Lateral body wall complex ... kyphosis
  • Lethal chondrodysplasia, Moerman type ... kyphosis
  • Leukodystrophy ... Kyphosis

    M

  • Marden-Walker Syndrome ... kyphosis
  • Marfan syndrome ... kyphosis
  • Marfan Syndrome type 2 ... kyphosis
  • Marinesco-Sjogren syndrome ... kyphosis
  • Mental retardation - hip luxation - G6PD variant ... kyphosis
  • Mental retardation - macrocephaly - coarse facies - hypotonia ... kyphosis
  • Mental retardation cataracts calcified pinnae myopathy ... kyphosis
  • Mental retardation, X-linked, 93 ... kyphosis
  • Mental retardation, X-linked, Cabezas type ... kyphosis
  • Microcephaly - cervical spine fusion anomalies ... kyphosis
  • Microcephaly - glomerulonephritis - Marfanoid habitus ... kyphosis
  • Microcephaly brachydactyly kyphoscoliosis ... kyphosis
  • Monosomy 20p ... Kyphosis
  • Morquio syndrome ... kyphosis
  • Morquio syndrome type A ... kyphosis
  • Morquio syndrome, type B ... kyphosis
  • Mucopolysaccharidosis type 6 ... lumbar kyphosis
  • Mucopolysaccharidosis type I Hurler syndrome ... kyphosis
  • Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2b ... kyphosis
  • Multiple pterygium syndrome ... kyphosis
  • Muscular dystrophy - congenital infantile cataract - hypogonadism ... kyphosis
  • Muscular dystrophy, congenital, infantile with cataract - hypogonadism ... kyphosis
  • Myopathy with lactic acidosis and sideroblastic anemia ... kyphosis

    N

  • Native American myopathy ... kyphosis
  • Nemaline myopathy, early onset type ... kyphosis
  • Neurofibromatosis-2 ... kyphosis
  • Nonkeratan-sulfate-excreting Morquio syndrome ... kyphosis

    O

  • Omphalocele - exstrophy - imperforate anus ... kyphosis
  • Ophthalmoplegia, progressive external - scoliosis ... kyphosis
  • Opthalmoplegia progressive external scoliosis ... kyphosis
  • Ossified Ear cartilages with Mental deficiency, Muscle Wasting and Bony Changes ... kyphosis
  • Osteochondrodysplatic dwarfism - deafness - retinitis pigmentosa ... kyphosis
  • Osteodysplasia, familial, Anderson type ... kyphosis
  • Osteogenesis imperfecta Type I ... kyphosis
  • Osteogenesis imperfecta, type 1A ... kyphosis
  • Osteogenesis imperfecta, type 1B ... kyphosis
  • Osteogenesis imperfecta, type 4 ... kyphosis
  • Otospondylomegaepiphyseal dysplasia ... kyphosis

    P

  • Primrose Syndrome ... kyphosis
  • Proteus Syndrome ... kyphosis
  • Pseudoachondroplasia ... kyphosis
  • Pseudoxanthoma elasticum, forme fruste ... kyphosis

    R

  • Renal rickets ... kyphosis
  • Rhizomelic syndrome ... kyphosis
  • Richieri-Costa Da Silva syndrome ... kyphosis

    S

  • Scheuermann's disease ... kyphosis
  • Scheurermann's disease ... kyphosis
  • Shoulder and thorax deformity, congenital heart disease ... kyphosis
  • Skeletal dysplasia - orofacial anomalies ... kyphosis
  • Spinal dysostosis, type Anhalt ... kyphosis
  • Spondylocostal dysostosis, autosomal recessive ... kyphosis
  • Spondyloenchondrodysplasia ... kyphosis
  • Spondyloepimetaphyseal dysplasia joint laxity ... kyphosis
  • Spondyloepimetaphyseal dysplasia with joint laxity ... kyphosis
  • Spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia tarda ... kyphosis
  • Stiff-Person Syndrome ... kyphosis
  • Stoll-Alembik-Finck syndrome ... kyphosis

    U

  • Urban Roger Meyer syndrome ... Kyphosis

    V

  • Verloes Gillerot Fryns syndrome ... Kyphosis
  • Vertebral body fusion overgrowth ... Kyphosis

    W

  • Weaver Syndrome ... kyphosis
  • Weismann-Netter-Stuhl Syndrome ... Kyphosis
  • Williams Syndrome ... kyphosis
  • Wrinkly skin syndrome ... kyphosis

    Conditions listing complications: Kyphosis:

    The following list of conditions have 'Kyphosis' or similar listed as a complication in our database. The distinction between a symptom and complication is not always clear, and conditions mentioning this symptom as a complication may also be relevant. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

    A

  • Achondroplasia ... kyphosis

    G

  • Gloomy syndrome ... kyphosis

    S

  • Seckle syndrome ... kyphosis

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  • Causes of Kyphosis Based on Risk Factors

    This information shows analysis of the list of causes of Kyphosis based on whether certain risk factors apply to the patient:

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    What are the alternative names for Kyphosis:

    Gibbus
    - (Source - Diseases Database)

    Classifications of Kyphosis:

    Medical Conditions associated with Kyphosis:

    Spine symptoms (571 causes)

    Symptoms related to Kyphosis:

    Spinal curvature, Spine symptoms (571 causes), Posture symptoms (84 causes), Scheuermann kyphosis, Congenital kyphosis, Infection (200 causes), Muscular dystrophy, Spina bifida (28 causes), Poliomyelitis, Scoliosis (354 causes), Poor posture, Tuberculosis, Myelomeningocele, Postlaminectomy kyphosis

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