Have you ever seen a child with a depression in the center of their chest? Pectus excavatum — known commonly as funnel chest — occurs when the breast bone appears sunken into the chest cavity. It’s ...

When Brock Jones took his shirt off at a pool party with some friends last summer, he didn't think twice about his sunken chest cavity—until a friend pointed it out. "Why is there a big hole in your ...

During the summer between seventh and eighth grades, my body started to feel strange. I got my period for the first time. Acne erupted on my face, and I forced myself to remember to apply deodorant ...

Pectus excavatum or funnel chest is a deformity that can cause a child’s ribs and breastbone to grow inward giving the chest wall a sunken appearance. In some cases the condition is merely cosmetic, ...

Although the majority of individuals experience minimal to no symptoms, pectus excavatum can be associated with numerous cardiopulmonary manifestations. Patients tend to become symptomatic during ...

When a UCSF Children's Hospital surgeon suggested an untested treatment to correct Richard Nave's congenital chest defect, his mother was, naturally, concerned for her son's safety. But as soon as ...

An assistant professor of thoracic surgery at Mount Sinai, Dr. Andrew Kaufman specializes in treating disorders of the chest wall — including pectus excavatum and pectus carinatum. He treats 50 ...

You may not have heard of pectus excavatum — or "sunken chest," as it's commonly known — but there's a good chance you know someone who was born with it. It's the most common deformity of the chest ...

My heart is pounding, my lungs are tight. "I can't do this!" "Alexander, it's just a t-shirt, you can do this," I whisper to myself. I might look like a pretty normal guy with my shirt on, but when it ...

Olympic swimmer Cody Miller was diagnosed with a rare lung deformity when he was only 10 years old. Miller’s condition, which is referred to as pectus excavatum, makes the chest appear caved in and ...

Pectus carinatum, sometimes called pigeon chest, is a non-life-threatening condition. It’s marked by an abnormally outward protruding breastbone caused by rapid cartilage growth forcing the front of ...