Sahab Delaville

pectus arcuatum is a bony deformity caused by a premature obliteration of the sternal sutures. So you have a patient with a thoracic deformation, which is a short sternum bent on itself.

Patients diagnosed with pectus arcuatum should be evaluated for cardiac malformation with ultrasound and assessed for scoliosis.

Pectus arcuatum is a bony deformity caused by a premature obliteration of the sternal sutures, resulting in a short sternum bent on itself.

35% of pectus arcuatum cases had associated malformations like Noonan syndrome, scoliosis, or cardiopathy.

For pectus arcuatum treatment, bracing does not work and surgery requiring sternotomy is necessary.

25% of pectus arcuatum patients had a skeletal malformation in their family.