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A boy underwent cardiac surgery when he was 27 months old; prior to that his anterior chest wall had been normal. He later developed a progressive pectus carinatum deformity. Thoracic surgeons are cautioned to be mindful of the sternal and costal growth plates in any surgical approach to intrathoracic structures. Special care is needed when such deformities are corrected in children and adolescents.
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Le cas presenté est celui d'un enfant de neuf ans qui avait une paroi du thorax normale avant une chirurgie cardiaque realisée a l'age de 27 mois. Plus tard il est apparu une deformation pectus carinatum progressive. En cas d'abord chirurgicale des structures intrathoraciques l'auteur attire l'attention sur le fait que le thorax présente des plaques de croissance sternales et costales. Il est recommandé de prendre toutes les précautions nécessaires au cours des procedures visant à la correction des déformations 〈pectus〉 chez les enfants et les adolescents.
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Haje, S.A. Iatrogenic pectus carinatum. International Orthopaedics 19, 370–373 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00178352
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