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 ...

sometimes referred to as concave chest or funnel chest, is a deformity of the chest wall in which a person's sternum, or breastbone, and some ribs expand inward. The center of the chest becomes ...

It was necessary to ensure adequate reconstruction of both pleura and ribs to prevent deformity of the breast and chest wall in a young girl. A long segment of several ribs needed to be removed to ...