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Causes

There are three general causes of scoliosis:

• Congenital (present at birth) scoliosis is due to a problem with the formation of the spine bones (vertebrae) or fused ribs during development in the womb or early in life.
• Neuromuscular scoliosis is caused by problems such as poor muscle control or muscle weakness, or paralysis due to diseases such as cerebral palsy, muscular dystrophy, spina bifida, and polio.
• Idiopathic scoliosis is scoliosis of unknown cause. Idiopathic scoliosis in adolescents is the most common type.

Nonstructural scoliosis

• Appendicitis
• Local inflammation
• Leg length discrepancy
• Muscle spasms

Structural scoliosis

• Amyoplasia congenita
• Arthrogryposis
• Bechterew's Disease
• Benign tumors
• Brucella infection of the spine
• Cerebral Palsy
• Chondrodysplasia
• Dislocation
• Dwarfism
• Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
• Fredrick's Ataxia
• Hemivertebra
• Homocystinuria
• Irradiation
• Malignant tumors
• Marfan's Syndrome
• Morquio's Disease
• Muscular Dystrophy
• Osteogenesis imperfecta
• Osteomalacia
• Osteoporosis
• Polyomyelitis
• Postoperative
• Rheumatic disease of the spine
• Rheumatoid Arthritis
• Rickets
• Salmonella infection of the spine
• Scheuermann's disease
• Spinal cord trauma
• Spinal muscular atrophy
• Still's Disease
• Syringomyelia
• Tuberculosis of the spine
• Unilateral bar
• VonRecklinghausen's Disease