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Symmetrical anterior rib flaring

Pectus excavatum is a structural deformity of the anterior thoracic wall in which the sternum and rib cage are shaped abnormally. This produces a caved-in or sunken appearance of the chest. [Source: Wikipedia ]

Synonyms
Anterior rib cupping
May Be Caused by
 Common
Achondroplasia
Normal variant
Rickets
Scurvy
Thanatophoric dysplasia
 Uncommon
Achondrogenesis type 1
Achondrogenesis type 2
Adenosine deaminase deficiency with severe combined immunodeficiency and chondro-osseous dysplasia
Asphyxiating thoracic dysplasia
Craniodiaphyseal dysplasia
Dyggve-Melchior-Clausen dysplasia
Dyssegmental dysplasia
Farber disease
Fibrochondrogenesis
GM1 gangliosidosis
Granulocytic sarcoma
Hypochondrogenesis
Hypophosphatasia
Kyphomelic dysplasia
Leukemia
Menkes disease
Metaphyseal chondrodysplasia anadysplastic type
Metaphyseal chondrodysplasia Jansen type
Metaphyseal chondrodysplasia McKusick type
Metaphyseal chondrodysplasia Schmid type
Metaphyseal chondrodysplasia Shwachman type
Metatropic dysplasia
Nutritional copper deficiency
Osteopetrosis
Other narrow thorax-short rib syndromes
Pseudodiastrophic dysplasia
Schneckenbecken dysplasia
Short rib-polydactyly syndrome
Spondyloepimetaphyseal dysplasia Strudwick type
Spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia congenita
Spondylometaphyseal dysplasia
Thalassemia

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