Chest wall deformities happen when the cartilage that connects your child’s ribs grows unevenly. Pediatric specialists don’t fully understand what causes chest wall deformities.

Pectus excavatum is a type of chest wall deformity. It causes your chest to look sunken or indented. This sunken shape is why people sometimes call the condition funnel chest. Pectus excavatum causes ...

It affects about 1 in 400 babies born in this country. “Pectus is the term we use to describe a congenital deformity of the chest wall,” Kaufman says.

Pectus carinatum is a rare chest wall deformity that causes the breastbone to push outward instead of being flush against the chest. It is also known as pigeon chest or keel chest.

Pectus deformities are the most common congenital chest-wall deformities and are better known as pigeon chest and funnel chest. The conditions affect patients psychologically and socially, and some ...

What Is Pectus Carinatum? Pectus carinatum is a deformity of the chest wall. The cartilage between the ribs and the breastbone, or sternum, grows too much, causing the middle of the chest to point ...

Salem Steward, 14, of Kalispell, is fitted with a T-Joe brace by device inventor Joe Porcello of Pectus Services. The non-surgical treatment is used to correct chest-wall deformity and is ...

Pectus excavatum is a deformity of the chest wall that is usually present — if not noticeable — at birth. With this congenital abnormality, the sternum (or breastbone) and some ribs turn inward.

Justin has the most common chest wall deformity called pectus excavatum, a congenital disorder which causes the chest to have a sunken or "caved in" appearance.

As many as one in 500 kids are born with pectus, which either causes the chest wall to appear sunken in or to protrude. When corrective braces don’t work, there is a surgical solution.

Often appearing harmless from the outside, it can be more than just a cosmetic issue for those affected: Pectus excavatum is ...