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Pectus excavatum

2011; Elsevier BV; Volume: 6; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.2484/rcr.v6i1.460

1930-0433

Langan P. Robbins,

Congenital limb and hand anomalies

In pectus excavatum, a developmental chest-wall deformity that affects approximately one in 400 births, the sternum is depressed inward and the ribs protrude anteriorly. This deformity can compromise pulmonary and/or cardiac function. It can also produce a characteristic radiographic appearance on frontal radiographs, which may be mistaken for right-middle-lobe opacification from pneumonia or atelectasis. I present a case of pectus excavatum in a teenage female with characteristic imaging findings, and the disposition of the case.