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What is the medical term meaning sunken-in chest?
Pectus excavatum is the medical term meaning sunken-in chest.Pneumothorax
What Is the medical term meaning pigeon chest?
Pectus carinatum is the medical term meaning pigeon chest.
What is the meaning of the terms pectus excavatum?
This term, best understood in latin, is where your chest has a big dip in it. In other words, your chest looks like it has been dug out, or has been hallowed it. Pectus Escavatum, is caused by a breastplate deformity.
What is the meaning of pectus in English?
(noun)the part of the human torso between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates
What is pectus carinatum?
Pectus carinatum. In other patients with Marfan the sternum is pushed outward and narrowed.
What is pectus excavatum?
Pectus excavatum is a malformation of the chest in which the patient's breastbone, or sternum, is sunken inward.
Where do they sell pectus carniatum brace in California?
Encinitas California Pectus Services of Southern California in conjunction with Dr. Barry Losasso / West Coast Center for Pectus Excellence. 877-732-8876
How does pectus carinatum impact Marfan syndrome sufferers?
Although pectus carinatum does not cause breathing difficulties, it can cause embarassment about appearance.
What is the goal of pectus excavatum repair?
The purpose of pectus excavatum repair surgery is to correct the deformity to improve physical appearance, posture, and breathing.
How can the chest of Marfan syndrome be deformed?
A few patients with Marfan may have a pectus excavatum on one side of their chest and a pectus carinatum on the other.
What body part does the medical root word pectus refer to?
The medical root word 'pectus' refers to the breast, chest, or thorax (Latin).
Does Scoiliosis make you prone to pectus Excavatum?
No. Scoliosis is abnormally large curvature of the spine. Pectus exacavatum is a deformity of the sternum (breast bone). The two are unrelated.
