Children with Marfan may develop kyphosis either in the upper (thoracic) spine or the lower (lumbar) spine.
If stability remains in doubt, a trial of nonoperative bracing with careful follow-up to identify any progressive kyphosis is a reasonable option.
In addition, the child's spine should be x rayed in order to measure the extent of scoliosis or kyphosis.
It can become very curved - doctors call this kyphosis.
Kyphosis. Kyphosis is an abnormal outward curvature of the spine at the back, sometimes called hunchback when it occurs in the upper back.
Most males with Hunter syndrome develop joint stiffness, chronic diarrhea, enlarged liver and spleen, heart valve problems, hearing loss, and kyphosis.
Other spine abnormalities such as congenital scoliosis and kyphosis, or soft tissue tumors overlying the spine, are not likely to have these accompanying findings.
Physeal osteochondrosis is known as Scheuermann disease or juvenile kyphosis.
Their bones are also affected, and they usually develop joint contractures (stiff joints), kyphosis (a specific type of curve to the spine), and broad hands with short fingers.
Usually, however, the kyphosis is mild, causing no further symptoms and requiring no special treatment.
Weakening of the trunk muscles around this age often leads to scoliosis (a side-to-side spine curvature) and kyphosis (a front-to-back curvature).