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Musculoskeletal Diseases > Musculoskeletal Abnormalities > Funnel Chest
Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities > Congenital Abnormalities > Musculoskeletal Abnormalities > Funnel Chest
Musculoskeletal Diseases > Bone Diseases > Bone Diseases, Developmental > Funnel Chest

Preferred term

Funnel Chest  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Excavatum, Pectus
  • Pectus Excavatum

Note

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

Scope note

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

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D005660

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