We are reporting the cases of five patients with scoliosis caused by a benign osteoblastoma of the thoracic or lumbar spine. All five patients had pain and scoliosis as the presenting symptoms ...

Scoliosis is an abnormal curvature of the spine. The majority of cases, particularly those occurring in adolescents, tend to have a genetic basis. However, certain neuromuscular disorders, such as ...

Thoracic scoliosis: This is a curve in the thoracic (midback) spine, the most common location. Lumbar scoliosis: This is a curve in the lumbar (lower back) spine. Thoracolumbar scoliosis: This curve ...

Scoliosis – The spine curves from side to side in an S-shape ... Lordosis, also called swayback, is the forward curving of your spine in the neck (cervical) or lower back (lumbar) areas. A healthy ...

The scoliosis X-ray includes the thoracic spine (upper back) and the lumbar spine (lower back). X-rays are done by an X-ray technician in the radiology department of a hospital, a freestanding ...

Methods 102 patients were admitted to our neurosurgical unit between January 2012 and February 2016, presenting with a single-level, post-traumatic A1 or A2 Mager l type fracture, affecting the ...

The condition can occur in the cervical spine (neck), thoracic spine (mid back) or the lumbar spine (lower back ... It can also be caused by slippage of one vertebra on the next or by scoliosis or ...

Idiopathic Scoliosis (as diagnosed by the surgeon ... as measured on a standing postero-anterior digital radiograph of the spine. All single thoracic, thoraco-lumbar, lumbar, double major and triple ...

Background Osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures (OVCFs) of the lumbar region may be accompanied by thoracic fractures. Treating only the lumbar fractures can lead to worsening of the thoracic ...