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Kyphosis

Kyphosis is rounding of the upper spine that causes the person to have a hunched back.

Kyphosis may be present at birth (congenital) or may be caused by injury, infection, or disease. Kyphosis associated with bone thinning (osteoporosis) in older people often is called a dowager's hump.

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