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Funnel Chest
(Pectus Excavatum)
A developmental anomaly in which the lower sternum is posteriorly dislocated and concavely deformed, resulting in a funnel-shaped thorax.
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 Funnel chest (hollowed chest) keiji-hagiwara.blogspot.com |  Also known as: Funnel chest www.scripps.org |  An example of a severe case. en.wikipedia.org |  Definition of «Funnel chest drugline.org |
 funnel/chest/exam/huss.htm www.curtis.anderson.name |  Pectus excavatum (funnel chest www.patient.co.uk |  excavatum (funnel chest): bjr.birjournals.org |  chest or funnel chest. doctorsgates.blogspot.com |
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Wikipedia
Pectus excavatum, Vacuum bell (medicine), Agonum excavatum, Paracorophium excavatum, Sideroxylon excavatum, Nuss procedure, Norman Ravitch, Benyamin Nuss, Oncidium excavatum, Pectus
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