Pectus excavatum - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic
网页2022年3月31日 · Pectus excavatum is a condition in which the person's breastbone is sunken into the chest. In severe cases, pectus excavatum can look as if the center of the chest has been scooped out, leaving a deep dent.
Pectus Carinatum: Causes & Treatments for Chest Wall Disorder
网页2023年8月11日 · Pectus carinatum is a condition in which your sternum (breastbone) sticks out more than usual. Some people call it “pigeon chest” or “keel chest” because of how it makes your chest look. It’s the opposite of pectus excavatum, in which your breastbone is depressed inward and gives your chest a sunken appearance.
Pectus Excavatum: Symptoms, Causes & Treatment - Cleveland Clinic
网页Pectus excavatum is an abnormal, inward-growing sternum (breastbone). This creates a noticeable and sometimes severe indentation of your chest wall that involves four or five ribs per side. Other names for pectus excavatum are sunken chest or funnel chest.
Pectus Excavatum - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf
网页2023年7月17日 · Pectus excavatum is characterized by a depression of the anterior chest wall resulting in a "funnel chest". While the defect involves the third to seventh costocartilages or ribs, the most severe aspect of the deformity occurs in …
What to Know About Pectus Carinatum, or a Protruding Sternum - WebMD
网页2024年2月20日 · Pectus carinatum, also called a protruding sternum or pigeon chest, is a rare deformity in children. It causes the chest and ribs to stick out further than they should. Only one or two children...
Pectus excavatum - Diagnosis and treatment - Mayo Clinic
网页2022年3月31日 · Pectus excavatum is the most common congenital birth defect. One out of 400 babies is born with a chest wall that doesn't form properly and becomes concave. Kids with pectus routinely have surgery. Adults have either had to live with it or face major more complicated operations.
Pectus carinatum (pigeon chest): Symptoms, causes, and treatment
网页2018年2月6日 · Learn all about pectus carinatum, also known as pigeon chest, where the breastbone pushes forward. We look at the symptoms and treatment options.
Pectus Disorders - Advances in Pediatrics
网页This article reviews pectus excavatum, carinatum, and arcuatum. Topics covered include etiology, epidemiology, associated syndromes, physiologic impact, workup, indications for treatment, surgical and nonsurgical therapy, results, complications, and emerging therapies.
Pectus Carinatum | Symptoms, Diagnosis & Treatment
网页Pectus carinatum ("pigeon chest") is a common condition in which the breastbone and ribs are pushed outward. Pectus carinatum occurs more often in males than females (4:1 ratio), and develops somewhat later in males than it does in females.
Pectus excavatum and carinatum: a narrative review of …
网页2024年2月2日 · Pectus excavatum, or “funnel chest”, is the most common anterior chest wall deformity, and is characterized by an inward displacement of the sternum and adjacent costal cartilage (1,2). In contrast, pectus carinatum, the second most common deformity, is characterized by a protrusion of the sternum and costal cartilage.
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