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

Synonyms: Funnel Chest Funnel Chests Chest, Funnel Excavatum, Pectus Pectus Excavatum Chests, Funnel

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

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D005660

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