Gibbus deformity
Dr MT Niknejad and Dr Frank Gaillard et al.
A Gibbus deformity is a short-segment structural thoracolumbar kyphosis resulting in sharp angulation. There are a number of causes which can be divided into congenital and acquired.
Congenital
- achondroplasia
- cretinism (hypothyroidism)
- Apert syndrome
- Coffin-Lowry syndrome
- mucopolysaccharidoses
Acquired
- compression fracture / vertebra plana
-
osteomyelitis / discitis
- pyogenic spinal osteomyelitits
- tuberculosis (Pott disease)
- Scheuermann disease
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