Preferred Label : funnel chest;

MeSH definition : A developmental anomaly in which the lower sternum is posteriorly dislocated and concavely deformed, resulting in a funnel-shaped thorax.;

MeSH synonym : excavatum, pectus; pectus excavatum; chest, funnel; funnel chests; chests, funnel;

MeSH annotation : a sternum abnorm; do not use /congen & do not coord with INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pectus excavatum;

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A developmental anomaly in which the lower sternum is posteriorly dislocated and concavely deformed, resulting in a funnel-shaped thorax.

https://www.medg.fr/pectus-excavatum
2021
France
teaching material
scientific and technical information
funnel chest
pectus excavatum

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https://www.sofcpre.fr/src/mieux-vous-informer/domaines-intervention/19-pectus-excavatum.pdf
2019
France
patient education handout
funnel chest
pectus excavatum

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https://www.revmed.ch/RMS/2017/RMS-N-550/Pectus-excavatum-et-carinatum-chez-l-enfant-et-l-adolescent-que-dire-que-faire
2017
false
false
false
Switzerland
French
journal article
child
pectus carinatum
child, nos
funnel chest
Pectus Carinatum
pectus excavatum

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http://www.cochrane.org/fr/CD008889/les-traitements-chirurgicaux-du-pectus-excavatum-thorax-en-entonnoir
2014
false
false
false
France
United Kingdom
French
review of literature
funnel chest
comparative study
surgical procedures, operative
french abstract

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https://www.revmed.ch/RMS/2013/RMS-391/Prise-en-charge-du-thorax-en-entonnoir
2013
false
false
false
Switzerland
French
journal article
funnel chest
signs and symptoms
funnel chest
funnel chest

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