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Scheuermann’s disease (/ˈʃuːərmən/ though very often mispronounced as ‘Sherman’) is a self-limiting skeletal disorder of childhood. It is also known as Scheuermann’s kyphosis (since it results in kyphosis) Calvé disease and juvenile osteochondrosis of the spine. It is named after Holger Werfel Scheuermann. Scheuermann’s disease describes a condition where the vertebrae grow unevenly with respect to the sagittal plane; that is the anterior angle is often greater than the posterior.
