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Pectus excavatum: Resolution after surgical removal of upper airway obstruction
Author(s) -
Olsen Kerry D.,
Kern Eugene B.,
O'Connell Edward J.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
the laryngoscope
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.181
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1531-4995
pISSN - 0023-852X
DOI - 10.1288/00005537-198005000-00013
Subject(s) - pectus excavatum , funnel chest , medicine , airway obstruction , adenoidectomy , deformity , airway , surgery , tonsillectomy
A six‐year‐old child with obstruction of the upper airway and a pectus excavatum defect (“funnel chest”) is presented. Correction of the funnel‐chest deformity was observed four years after the performance of a tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy to relieve the obstruction of the upper airway. The relationship between chronic upper‐airway obstruction and a pectus excavatum deformity is discussed, and the reversibility of such a deformity is documented.