Our case of SEDC presented with short stature, spinal deformity and leg pains and was found to have platyspondyly, kyphoscoliosis,
pectus carinatum, pes planus and delayed epiphyseal ossification.
(1) The chest was measured from the right to the left mid-axillary line, and a
pectus bar was selected based on this measurement minus 2.5 cm.
"The move will allow me to perform
pectus excavatum and carinatum treatment at the outstanding Valley Hospital in Bergen County, a satellite community of New York.
Pectus carinatum effects one in 1,500 children but there is treatment available for those who have the condition.
Known focal osseous complications include long bone dysplasia with pseudarthrosis, sphenoid wing dysplasia, nonossifying fibromas of long bones, chest wall deformities (
pectus excavatum), and focal, short-segmented scoliosis.
Many patients with isolated anomalies of lip, palate (like cleft lip/palate), limb deformity (CTEV, syndactyly, polydactyly, etc.), chest deformity (like
pectus excavatum), and ear anomalies (microtia, anotia, etc.) were excluded from our study as they did not require immediate surgery and hence were not admitted and managed on OPD basis.
In physical examination at age 32, he presented bilateral positional and intention hand tremors, which were worse on the left side, hypertelorism, broad forehead and high hair implantation (Figure 1(a)),
pectus carinatum (Figure 1(b)), scalp changes compatible with cutis verticis gyrata (Figure 2(a)), and a slight imbalance in tandem gait.
A 29-year-old woman with a history severe symptomatic
pectus excavatum underwent a repair.