"Funnel Chest" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A developmental anomaly in which the lower sternum is posteriorly dislocated and concavely deformed, resulting in a funnel-shaped thorax.
| Descriptor ID |
D005660
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C05.116.099.386 C05.660.386 C16.131.621.386
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| Concept/Terms |
Funnel Chest- Funnel Chest
- Chest, Funnel
- Chests, Funnel
- Funnel Chests
- Pectus Excavatum
- Excavatum, Pectus
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Funnel Chest" by people in Profiles.
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COVID 19 infection in young patient with pectus excavatum Rev Fac Cien Med Univ Nac Cordoba. 2021 03 25; 78(1):52-56.
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Pectus excavatum is associated with sleep-related breathing disorders in children. Eur Respir J. 2019 10; 54(4).
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Pectus Excavatum and Right Ventricular Compression in a Young Athlete with Syncope. Am J Med. 2018 11; 131(11):e451-e453.
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[Application of cameral-type three-dimensional scan in assessment of funnel chest]. Zhejiang Da Xue Xue Bao Yi Xue Ban. 2018 May 25; 47(3):289-293.
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MST1R mutation as a genetic cause of Lady Windermere syndrome. Eur Respir J. 2017 01; 49(1).
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New electrocardiographic features in Brugada syndrome. Curr Cardiol Rev. 2014 Aug; 10(3):175-80.