Chest wall deformities
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Chest wall deformities | |
Cross sectional scan of a chest with pectus excavatum |
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Chest wall deformities may refer to:
- Kyphosis - curvature of the spine - anterior-posterior
- Scoliosis - curvature of the spine - lateral
- Barrel chest - chest wall increased anterior-posterior; normal in children; typical of hyperinflation seen in COPD
- Pectus excavatum
- Pectus carinatum