A 12-year-old girl was brought to the clinic for examination. She has a left chest wall abnormality. Her examination revealed an upper left thorax depression, the partial absence of the pectoralis major muscle of the left shoulder girdle, and hypoplasia of the left breast (as shown in the image). No absence of the costal rib cartilage was noticed. Other than her index finger being shorter than the other finger in her left hand and her left hand being slightly smaller than her right hand, the rest of the examination was remarkable. As she was adopted, there is no access to her official medical record. The appropriate imaging study has been ordered. Based on the physical examination findings,

Which of the following is the most likely diagnosis?

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Ace Qbank Clinical Edge

Making the proper diagnosis is one of the most important aspects of any medical student’s or junior doctor’s clinical training and hence we created Clinical Edge Cases.

Ace Qbank Clinical Edge helps our students put their knowledge of symptoms and physical findings to test by applying clinical reasoning and assessment concepts to a series of common clinical vignettes. Problem-based learning is being used to focus on the cause behind the presentation of a simulated clinical case.

Each simulated Clinical Edge case contains a list of common causes of the presented condition, offers abundant references to the presented case, making additional information easy to find

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