Scheuermann's disease: Know about the overlooked cause of adolescent back pain

In adolescents, extreme thoracic kyphosis is most often secondary to Scheuermann’s disease. With an incidence of 1–8%, tumours are nearly equally distributed between boys and girls. This entity was first reported in 1921 by Danish physician and radiologist Holger Werfel Scheuermann, when he described 105 children with a painful, roundback deformity.

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