PECTUS SERVICES

Pectus has become the term used to describe an irregularly shaped chest. Webster's definition of Pectus is: "the part of the human torso between the neck and the diaphragm". The word Pectus is latin derived and most medical terminology is latin as well. There are two types of Pectus defects: Carinatum and Excavatum... Pectus is one of the most common chest wall deformities. It generally occurs more often in boys than girls. This may be due to the more intense and sudden adolescent growth spurt of males. Girls do get Pectus however in our experience it tends to occur a little younger in age than boys. The ratio in our experience is 5:2 that is 5 boys to 2 girls... Based on our opinion and experience, we at Pectus Services feel Pectus is a syndrome. Using Webster's definition a syndrome is: "a group of signs and symptoms that occur together and characterize a particular abnormality or condition, they may occur concurrently and usually form an identifiable pattern."

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Primary location: Phoenix United States