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    Pectus excavatum is a structural deformity of the anterior thoracic wall in which the sternum and rib cage are shaped abnormally. This produces a caved-in...
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  • at the sternal angle. Pectus arcuatum is often confused with a combination of pectus carinatum and pectus excavatum, but in pectus arcuatum the visual appearance...
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  • also used for certain deformations of the pectus such as: Pectus excavatum, an abnormally concave chest Pectus carinatum, an abnormally convex chest Pectis...
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    breed: lordosis (excessive curvature of the spine)[citation needed] and pectus excavatum (hollowed chest). Both conditions are commonly seen in humans with...
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  • secondary symptom caused by bony deformity affecting the thorax such as pectus excavatum. In mild cases, the underside of the chest becomes flattened (hence...
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    observed as depression of the anterior chest at the xiphisternum. Pectus excavatum is commonly unilateral and, therefore, can lead to asymmetric distribution...
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    invasive procedure, invented in 1987 by Dr. Donald Nuss for treating pectus excavatum. He developed it at Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters, in...
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    Wrist AND thumb sign = 3 (wrist OR thumb sign = 1) Pectus carinatum deformity = 2 (pectus excavatum or chest asymmetry = 1) Hindfoot deformity = 2 (plain...
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    factors include Graves' disease and chest wall deformities such as pectus excavatum. For unknown reasons, MVP patients tend to have a low body mass index...
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    for their selected charities. His chosen charity was Scope. He has pectus excavatum, which he discovered after mentioning it to Christian Jessen on season...
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