Pseudoathletic appearance
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pseudoathletic-appearance-177-17978324
title:
Pseudoathletic appearance
text:
Pseudoathletic appearance is a medical sign meaning to have the false appearance of a well-trained athlete due to pathologic causes instead of true athleticism. It is also referred to as a Herculean or bodybuilder-like appearance. It may be the result of muscle inflammation, muscle hyperplasia, muscle hypertrophy, muscle pseudohypertrophy, or symmetrical subcutaneous deposits of fat or other tissue. The mechanism resulting in this sign may stay consistent or may change, while the sign itself rem
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description:
Medical sign
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudoathletic_appearance
date created:
2023-06-13T06:41:13Z
date modified:
2024-09-04T04:20:15Z
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