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I'm 16 years old, but the left side of my body is more muscular than my right side (i have scoliosis). why is this? does this have any consequences?
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Hemihypertrophy?: Sounds like hemihypertrophy, a disorder of overgrowth of one side of the body in comparison to the other. It's commonly associated with scoliosis. It can occur in isolation or as part of a genetic condition like beckwith-wiedemann syndrome. These other conditions may have important implications like increased cancer risk, so screening's important, although these usually appear in early childhood.
Answered 8/3/2013
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