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The etiology of pectus carinatum involves overgrowth of costal cartilage and undergrowth of ribs

Authors
 Chul Hwan Park  ;  Tae Hoon Kim  ;  Seok Jin Haam  ;  Inhwan Jeon  ;  Sungsoo Lee 
Citation
 JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC SURGERY, Vol.49(8) : 1252-1258, 2014 
Journal Title
JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC SURGERY
ISSN
 0022-3468 
Issue Date
2014
MeSH
Adolescent ; Costal Cartilage/diagnostic imaging ; Costal Cartilage/growth & development* ; Follow-Up Studies ; Humans ; Imaging, Three-Dimensional* ; Male ; Pectus Carinatum/diagnostic imaging ; Pectus Carinatum/etiology* ; Retrospective Studies ; Ribs/diagnostic imaging ; Ribs/growth & development* ; Tomography, X-Ray Computed/methods*
Keywords
3-dimensional computed tomography ; Costal cartilage ; Pectus carinatum ; Rib
Abstract
PURPOSE: We compared the length of costal cartilage and rib between patients with symmetric pectus carinatum and controls without anterior chest wall protrusion, using a 3-dimensional (3D) computed tomography (CT) to evaluate whether the overgrowth of costal cartilage exists in patients with pectus carinatum.
SUBJECTS AND METHODS: Twenty-six patients with symmetric pectus carinatum and matched twenty-six controls without chest wall protrusion were enrolled. We measured the full lengths of the 4th-6th ribs and costal cartilages using 3-D volume rendering CT images and the curved multiplanar reformatted (MPR) techniques. The lengths of ribs and costal cartilages, the summation of rib and costal cartilage lengths, and the costal index [length of cartilage/length of rib * 100 (%)] were compared between the patients group and the control group at 4th-6th levels.
RESULTS: The lengths of costal cartilage in patient group were significantly longer than those of control group at 4th, 5th and 6th rib level. The lengths of ribs in patient group were significantly shorter than those of control group at 4th, 5th and 6th rib level. The summations of rib and costal cartilage lengths were not longer in patients group than in control group. The costal indices were significantly larger in patients group than in control groups at 4th, 5th and 6th rib level.
CONCLUSION: In patients with symmetric pectus carinatum, the lengths of costal cartilage were longer but the lengths of rib were shorter than those of controls. These findings may supports that the overgrowth of costal cartilage was not the only factor responsible for pectus carinatum.
Full Text
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022346814001444
DOI
10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2014.02.044
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1. College of Medicine (의과대학) > Dept. of Radiology (영상의학교실) > 1. Journal Papers
1. College of Medicine (의과대학) > Dept. of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery (흉부외과학교실) > 1. Journal Papers
Yonsei Authors
Kim, Tae Hoon(김태훈) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3598-2529
Park, Chul Hwan(박철환) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0004-9475
Lee, Sung Soo(이성수) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8998-9510
Haam, Seok Jin(함석진)
URI
https://ir.ymlib.yonsei.ac.kr/handle/22282913/99476
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