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Is the buffalo hump seen in cushings syndrome a lump of fat or a bone curvature between the shoulders?
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Fat: Hi. The "buffalo hump", known in medical jargon as "dorsocervical fat pad" is fat. Cushing's greatly increases risk of osteoporosis, however, and that bone curvature you refer to (kyphosis, or "dowager's hump) can occur with upper thoracic vertebral compression fractures. However, the buffalo hump is fat.
Answered 6/25/2014
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