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funnel chest
(redirected from pectus excavatum)

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funnel chest [′fən·əl ‚chest]
(medicine)
A developmental deformity in which the sternum is depressed and the ribs and costal cartilages curve inward.


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7,11) Some cases have been reported in which the condition was severe enough to cause intercostal, abdominal, supraclavicular, infraclavicular, and xiphoid retractions, which can lead to pectus excavatum.
NOT SO SUNKEN: A new UCLA study shows that a growing number of adults are seeking surgery to repair pectus excavatum or ``sunken chest'' syndrome, a common congenital chest deformity.
The infant demonstrated other characteristics associated with prenatal alcohol exposure such as abnormal palmar creases, small fifth fingers, and pectus excavatum.
 
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