Idiopathic camptocormia

Orpha code: 1320OMIM code:

Definition

Idiopathic camptocormia is a postural disease characterized by an anterior flexion of the torso (during walking or standing) that resolves in the supine position and that is caused by weakness of the lumbar paraspinal muscles (spinal extensors), due to massive fatty infiltrations of posterior spinal muscles, without an identifiable etiology.

Disease data
Classification

Morphological anomaly

Synonyms
Idiopathic camptocormism
Kamptokormia
Idiopathic progressive lumbar kyphosis
ORPHA code
1320
OMIM code
-
ICD10 code
M43.8
ICD11 code
-

No additional description.

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