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Kyphosis: Causes

Endocrine/Other
MINT

Malformation (Includes mucopolysaccharidosis and Scheuermann disease. Also, menopausal osteoporosis)
Inflammation (Tuberculosis, Ankylosing spondylitis, idiopathic prompts the recall of Paget disease (osteitis deformans) and osteoarthitis)
Neoplasm (suggest metastatic neoplasm of spine which can cause kyphosis)
Trauma (Crush fractures of vertical bodies, especially in osteoporosis and osteomalacia)

*Not included in mnemonic is Emphysema which also produces kyphosis
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