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ArticleClinical case reports2026

A 12-Year-Old Child With a Sunken Sternum and Progressive Muscle Weakness: A Case Report.

Siman Chen, Chenghao Chen, Qi Zeng

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Article in Clinical case reports, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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3 authors.

Siman ChenNational Center for Children's Health Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University Beijing China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0007-2717-4026
Chenghao ChenNational Center for Children's Health Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University Beijing China.
Qi ZengNational Center for Children's Health Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University Beijing China.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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.

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childrenfacioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophyNuss procedurepectus excavatumrestrictive ventilatory impairment

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PMID42643575
PMCPMC13504225

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