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My deformity of the chest called pectus excavatum. my dad had pectus carinatum. related?
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Same basic process: Accelerated longitudinal growth of the parasternal cartillages may push the sternum out or in during the period in which the sternum still growing and maturing. Out- carinatum or pigeon, in- excavatum or caved in, sunken.
Answered 5/23/2012
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