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Can someone develop pectus excavatum after having a normal chest as a baby or toddler?
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Yes: Can happen during adolescence during the rapid growth of the patient's skeleton ... As you grow taller, your rib and rib cartilages also grow longer ... Its an abnormal bending of the rib cartilages into the chest that cause pectus excavatum ...
Answered 9/11/2014
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