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Do people with pectus excavatum tend to be skinnier or marphanoid?
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Not necessarily: Have seen pectus excavatum in skinny patients as well as in pts with more muscular builds. Have not really seen pectus excavatum in marphanoid pts.
Answered 2/20/2017
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Yes.: There definitely is an association between pectus excavatum patients and a thin body habitus as well marfan's syndrome and marfanoid characteristics.
Answered 3/4/2018
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