| Tuberculous infection may result in vertebral collapse and a sharply angulated deformity. |
| The presence of deformity depends upon the amount of angulation and displacement of the fracture. |
| The condition can result from either premature closure of the lambdoidal suture or positional head deformity. |
| Vertebroplasty makes no attempt to restore height and correct the kyphotic deformity which results from an osteoporotic compression fracture. |
| Murali, it was later disclosed, because of a minor deformity, had a slight kink in the elbow. |
| Familial Scheuermann disease is characterized by kyphotic deformity of the spine that develops in adolescence. |
