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DOWAGERS HUMP [2 records]

Record 1 2011-11-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
  • Musculoskeletal System
DEF

Popular name for dorsal kyphosis caused by multiple wedge fractures of the thoracic verterbrae seen in osteoporosis.

OBS

Kyphosis and its resultant bent-over posture often associated with older women (although men get them also). Since the word dowager is a technical term for a "dignified elderly woman " it began to be used to describe this condition since so many older women develop the condition.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
  • Appareil locomoteur (Médecine)
OBS

Les fractures vertébrales provoquent une cyphose dorsale progressive, avec diminution de taille..

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Síntomas (Medicina)
  • Sistema musculoesquelético (Medicina)
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Record 2 1984-10-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Musculoskeletal System
OBS

hump: A rounded protuberance or bulge.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareil locomoteur (Médecine)
CONT

(Les tassements-fractures des corps vertébraux peuvent être) indolores mais ils entraînent l'apparition d'une véritable cyphose dorsale et l'exagération de la lordose cervicale donnant des aspects en «bosse de douairière ou de veuve».

Spanish

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