What is Kyphoscoliosis?
It is a disfiguring or disabling deformity of the spine, producing a shift of the apex beat.
Kyphosoliosis reduces the ventilatory capacity of the lung and it increases the work of breathing.
Ankylosing spondylitis: In this condition there is a decrease in volume of the lung and the capacity of the chest and thereby the capacity of lung to expand restricted.
Acquired scoliosis can be differentiated from congenital scoliosis as follows.
If the convexity of the spine and the lung lesion are on the same side, this is most likely that the scoliosis is congenital.
If the convexity of the spine is on one side and the lung lesion is on the opposite side, it indicates an acquired scoliosis. This dictum may not always be true.
Congenital scoliosis
Corrected on bending forward; the convexity of the spine and the lung lesion may be on the same or opposite side
Acquired scoliosis
It is not corrected on bending forward; usually the convexity of the spine and the lung lesion are on the opposite side
