Pectus excavatum in an English Bulldog male: a case report

摘要

Pectus excavatum (PE) is a thoracic wall deformity due to an anomalous growth of sternum and costal cartilages wich relapse on a condroesternal depression. This anatomical abnormality gets acquired into the uterus, and may be the result of heritable genetic expressions, such as the shortening the central tendon of the diaphragm, abnormalities in the intrauterina pressure and congenital deficiency of the musculature in the cranial portion of the diaphragm. This report illustrates the case of a 30 days English bulldog male patient which suffer of alterations in the respiratory system, weakness, adynamia, tachypnea, whitish rhinorrhea, and which has a marked depression of the sternum and rib; the presence of PE was confirmed by chest X-ray and by necropsy. The purpose of this report is to describe this sickness in a particular case and contribute to clinical knowledge of PE, since published descriptions of this condition in our country are scarce.condition in our country are scarce.