Presentation
Acute onset shortness of breath and chest pain.
Patient Data
Age: 18 years
Gender: Male
From the case:
Pectus carinatum and juvenile thoracic kyphosis
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Thoracic kyphosis with thoracic spondylodegenerative changes, suggestive of Scheurmann disease (juvenile kyphosis).
Pectus carinatum.
From the case:
Pectus carinatum and juvenile thoracic kyphosis
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Pectus carinatum.
Thoracic kyphosis with anterior wedging at mid-thoracic level, vertebral endplate irregularity, and spondylodegenerative changes, seen as narrowed intervertebral disc spaces, marginal osteophytes, and multiple Schmorl nodes.
Normal CT features of both lungs.
Case Discussion
Pectus carinatum may rarely be associated with juvenile kyphosis 1.
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