Have you ever seen a child with a depression in the center of their chest? Pectus excavatum — known commonly as funnel chest — occurs when the breast bone appears sunken into the chest cavity. It’s ...

CHKD Nuss Center in Norfolk, Virginia, offers complex care for pectus excavatum, chest wall repair. CHKD Nuss Center Complex ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A sunken chest can become both a psychological and physical issue. Photo: Getty Images Often appearing harmless from the outside, ...

Up to 4% of all infants are born with a structural or genetic difference — often called a congenital abnormality — that can alter how the body looks or functions. Pectus excavatum is the most common ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Salt Lake City, Utah (Good Things Utah) — Katie W. Russell, MD, is a pediatric surgeon with solid interests in pediatric trauma, ...

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When Brock Jones took his shirt off at a pool party with some friends last summer, he didn't think twice about his sunken chest cavity—until a friend pointed it out. "Why is there a big hole in your ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: Our son has pectus excavatum, and although he always struggled some to keep up with his friends, he has been involved in athletics since childhood. His pediatrician had said that the ...

An assistant professor of thoracic surgery at Mount Sinai, Dr. Andrew Kaufman specializes in treating disorders of the chest wall — including pectus excavatum and pectus carinatum. He treats 50 ...

Although the majority of individuals experience minimal to no symptoms, pectus excavatum can be associated with numerous cardiopulmonary manifestations. Patients tend to become symptomatic during ...