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CAUSES : 1. IDIOPATHIC - 80% 2. SECONDARY - 20 % A. NON STRUCTURAL OR POSTURAL - COMPENSATORY ( SHORT LEG ) - SCIATICA - HYSTERICAL - POSTURAL B. STRUCTURAL 1. IDIOPATHIC 2. BONE DISORDERS - CONGENITAL HEMIVERTIBRAE - OSTEOGENESIS IMPERFECTA - OSTEOPOROSIS - BONE LYSIS - TUBERCULOSIS - MALIGNANCY - SPONDYLOLISTHESIS 3. NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS - SYRINGOMYELIA - FRIEDREICHS ATAXIA - NEUROFIBROMATOSIS - POLIOMYELITIS 4. MUSCULAR DISORDERS - DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY - FACIOHUMEROSCAPULAR DYSTROPHY 5. CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE - MARFAN SYNDROME - EHLERS-DANLOS SYNDROME - HOMOCYSTINURIA - MORQUIOS SYNDROME 6. THORACIC DISORDERS - THORACOPLASTY - FIBROTHORAX ( SEC. TO EMPYEMA ) - LUNG FIBROSIS - PNEUMONECTOMY - THORACIC BURNS - CHEST IRRADIATIONOTHER TESTS : * X-RAY SPINE - LOCAL DEFECT PRESENT * MONTOUX TEST - POSITIVE IF IT IS TUBERCULAR
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TOTAL LEUCOCYTE COUNT, DIFF. LEUCOCYTE COUNT, ESR ( MALE - WESTERGREN METHOD), MONTOUX TEST, X-RAY THORACIC SPINE A.P. & LAT. VIEW, MRI, CT SCAN
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