CAMPTOCORMIA (BENT BACK)

A note on bent spines: 'camptocormia' and 'head ptosis'.

quently so regarded [6, 7] . Souques in 1915 [8] originally used the term camptocormia. Rosanoff-Saloff provided a photographic record of Souques’ case study of a soldier’s bent back and his recovery. According to the English translation in Southard’s collection of shell shock cases [9] , this soldier was wounded 5 months previously by a bullet that entered near the scapula and emerged near the...

A Case of Camptocormia (Bent Spine) Secondary to Early Motor Neuron Disease

Camptocormia is a gait disorder, characterized by hyperflexion of thoracolumbar spine which increases on walking, and disappears in the supine position. A 48 year-old man developed progressive gait deterioration for one year and slight weakness and tremor of both hands for five months. It eventually became apparent that the patient had motor neuron disease, as well as symptoms of extrapyramidal...

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 e...

Camptocormia - a Rare Conversion Disorder

Camptocormia is a rare conversion disorder characterized by severe frontal flexion of the spine and knees, with passive dropping of both arms, and sometimes behavioural abnormalities. It has been mainly reported among soldiers from world war I and II. This paper reports the disorder in a school- teacher.

Camptocormia in Parkinson's disease.