A 12‐Year‐Old Child With a Sunken Sternum and Progressive Muscle Weakness: A Case Report
A 12-year-old girl with facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy and severe pectus excavatum presented with progressive dyspnea and restrictive ventilatory impairment. She underwent successful Nuss repair with uneventful recovery. At 6-month follow-up, chest contour and pulmonary function improved, suggesting that surgical correction is feasible and beneficial in FSHD when mechanical restriction predominates.
Authors
- Qi Zeng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4769-9536)
- Chenghao Chen
- Siman Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-2717-4026)
Institutions
- Beijing Children’s Hospital (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Clinical Case Reports
- Published
- 2026-08-25
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.73390
- Primary Topic
- Pectus Deformity Diagnosis and Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00