gibbus /gib·bus/ (gib´us) hump.
gibbus
gibbus
gib·bus (g b  s)n. The hump of a deformed spine. |
gibbus
[gib′əs, jib′əs]
Etymology: L, hump
a hump, swelling, or enlargement on a body surface, usually confined to one side.
gibbus
a hump.
gibbus
An anterior angular deformity of the lower back, due to hypoplasia or 'wedging' of one or more lower thoracic or upper lumbar vertebrae, resulting in beaked projections on the infero-anterior aspects and hypoplasia of the
upper portions of vertebral bodies, seen in mucopolysaccharidosis, type I-H Hurler syndrome, TB–Pott's disease, or trauma; the gibbus or 'buffalo hump' seen in Cushing's disease and syndrome, is due to accumulation of
soft tissue 2º to prolonged endogenous or exogenous corticosteroids, and is located in the cervicothoracic region
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