Camptocormia: Case Presentation Camptocormia: a propósito de un caso

The patient is an 86-year-old male, who performed activities of daily living independently and a history of ischemic heart disease, chronic atrial fibrillation, diabetes mellitus type I and hypothyroidism. He consulted due to back pain and mechanical instability, without previous trauma. It was accompanied by a harmonic progressive kyphosis, reductible when upright and recumbent. The physical examination showed increased anteroposterior curvature of the spine, which conditioned contact of the ribs to the pelvis and was reduced when prone (Fig. 1), with slight flexion of the knees and retroversion of the pelvis. The remaining physical examination was unremarkable. Radiographs were performed and on the lumbar spine (anteroposterior and lateral) showed no significant alterations except for degeneration. With the suspected diagnosis of camptocormia, we requested a CT scan of the lumbar spine which