Copenhagen disease

Copenhagen disease

Copenhagen disease, sometimes known as Copenhagen Syndrome, refers to progressive non-infectious anterior vertebral fusion, a rare childhood disease of unknown aetiology.

It affects your lower back, as can be seen on MRI scans as a loss of disc height between your vertabrae.


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