Currarino-Silverman syndrome: diagnosis and treatment of rare chest wall deformity, a case series.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Currarino-Silverman (CS) syndrome is an extremely rare congenital deformity of the anterior chest wall. The syndrome is often combined with congenital heart defects and spinal abnormalities. As of currently, there is a lack of definite description in the literature about this type of pectus deformity. Typically, patients do not require surgical intervention for medical reasons, and the correction is usually only for cosmetic purposes. The purpose of this study was to demonstrate surgical intervention for CS syndrome at a tertiary care facility, and to summarize the available literature.

Methods

Patients with CS syndrome were retrospectively reviewed from a period of June 2012 to August 2019. An extensive literature search for "Currarino-Silverman syndrome," "poute

SUBMITTER: Gritsiuta AI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8182498 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature