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Pectus excavatum, “funnel chest,” is the most common congenital chest wall deformity and is characterized by a depression of the sternum and the lower costal cartilages resulting in a decrease in the anteroposterior diameter of the chest.

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Chen, Y.J., Hirose, S. (2017). Pectus Excavatum. In: Raff, G., Hirose, S. (eds) Surgery for Chest Wall Deformities. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43926-6_2

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