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CIFOSIS POST-MENOPAUSICA [1 record]

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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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