Physical examination showed pectus carinatum, short neck, knock knees, kyphosis, projecting jaw, broad mouth and flat feet. |
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The first can result in a tall stature with long slim limbs, pectus carinatum, muscle hypotonia and joint hypermobility. |
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Alternatively, some patients develop pectus carinatum, where the chest protrudes abnormally. |
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The patients characteristically have long, thin extremities, arachnoidactyli, dolicocephaly, with a narrow face and pectus excavatum. |
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Photo of the chest cage with pectus excavatum and scorbutic rosaries. |
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Technically known as pectus carinatum, the condition causes the chest wall to protrude outward, giving the patient's chest the appearance of the breast of a bird. |
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