PCOS Messages for May, 2002: Re: Adrenal Hump/Dowagers Hump: look up Cushings syndrome eom

Re: Adrenal Hump/Dowagers Hump: look up Cushings syndrome eom

From: Renee (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 25 May 2002 20:29:05 -0700

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My understanding is that a dowagers hump is due to osteoporosis. Think about the older women who are hunched over at the top of their back. The vertebrae (spine bones) have developed compression fractures, and have collapsed on the front side, resulting in the curve, and the hump. There is another hump that is caused by an endocrine disorder ( I think it is Cushings), but that is completely different in cause, and composition. It is from tissue deposition (I think fat, if I recall correctly). They look very different. The Dowagers hump results in the woman having to crane her neck up to keep from looking at the ground. With the other one, you stand straight, but have that hump on your upper back.

Renee

shelly borsits wrote: >
> Lydia,
>
> I am looking for some information as well.
>
> the dictionary defines dowagers hump as
>
> An abnormal curvature of the spine that is primarily manifested as a
> rounded hump in the upper back. Typically affecting older women, the
> curvature is a result of collapse of the spinal column, caused by
> osteoporosis.
>
> I have signs of it at only 31 years old.. and have had it for about the
> past four years.. I have developed it after being on the birth control
> injections depo provera. Many women who have been on depo provera have
> emailed me about this hump on there back now.
>

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