Frontal x-ray scan of the thorax of a 20-year-old patient showing an implantation of a surgical device anterior to the rib cage to treat pectus excavatum (hollowed chest). Pectus excavatum is a congenital disorder of the anterior wall of the chest in which several ribs and the sternum (breastbone) grow abnormal, resulting in a caved-in appearance of the chest. | |
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Credit: | Science Photo Library / Zephyr |
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