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 ...

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 ...