Pectus excavatum - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic Pectus excavatum is a condition in which the breastbone is sunken into the chest The sunken breastbone often can be seen shortly after birth If the breastbone sinks a lot over time, the center of the chest may look like it's been scooped out This change leaves a deep dent or dip
Pectus Excavatum: Symptoms, Causes Treatment - Cleveland Clinic Pectus excavatum is an abnormally developed breastbone This makes an indentation in your chest wall that can cause physical and emotional issues Open or minimally invasive surgery can treat pectus excavatum, allowing you to breathe better and have more stamina Mild cases don’t need surgery
Pectus Excavatum - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf 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 the area of the xiphisternum
Pectus Excavatum | Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia Pectus excavatum is a congenital chest wall deformity that is caused by growth abnormality of the cartilage that connects the ribs to the breastbone (sternum) This causes a depression of the sternum and the chest has a “sunken in” or “funnel chest” appearance
Pectus excavatum: Overview, symptoms, treatments, and more Pectus excavatum is a developmental issue with the chest in which the sternum or breastbone caves inward and creates a sunken appearance It is also known as cobbler’s chest or funnel
Pectus Excavatum - Johns Hopkins Medicine Translated literally as “hollowed chest,” pectus excavatum, referred to as sunken chest or funnel chest, is the most common chest wall deformity seen in children An overgrowth of the rib cartilages before and after birth causes the characteristic depression of the sternum (breastbone)
Pectus Excavatum - Boston Childrens Hospital Pectus excavatum, also known as concave chest or funnel chest, is a chest wall deformity in which a child’s breastbone (sternum) and some of the ribs grow inward This causes a depression in the middle of the chest