A chest wall deformity is an abnormality in the ribs, sternum (or breastbone), cartilage, and other tissues in your child’s chest. The chest wall protects vital organs like the heart and lungs and ...

In newborns, pectus carinatum may look like a rounded chest and then worsen at age two or three. We know pectus deformities can cause emotional and physical challenges. Our pediatric specialists are ...

Justin is being treated at the UCSF Comprehensive Center for Chest Wall Deformities, a new interdisciplinary pediatric clinic at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital that offers a wide range of ...

Inflammation of the cartilage (called costochondritis) that connects the ribs to the breastbone is a common cause of chest pain, as are rib fractures. Rib deformities occur in some babies during ...

Caroline Emery, RGN, DipHealth Studies, is preadmission clinic nurse, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust Pectus deformities are the most common congenital chest-wall deformities and are better ...

Pectus, or chest wall deformities, are fairly common. 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 ...

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 ...

but is suffering from chest deformities due to side effects. It was because he had an inappropriate breast prosthesis. The prosthesis shockingly detected DNA from cows and moose. According to ...