Thoracoscopic excision of an accessory diaphragm during Nuss procedure in a patient with pectus excavatum.

We encountered a case of pectus excavatum associated with accessory diaphragm that was successfully excised thoracoscopically during the Nuss procedure. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first time for this condition to be reported in the literature.

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