Elevated hemidiaphragm
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AnElevated hemidiaphragms elevated hemidiaphragm can may result from manydirect and indirect causes with include:
- above the diaphragm 1
- decreased lung volume
- atelectasis/collapse
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prior lobectomy
/pneumonectomyor pneumonectomy - pulmonary hypoplasia
- decreased lung volume
- diaphragm 3-7
- phrenic nerve palsy
- diaphragmatic eventration
- contralateral stroke: usually middle cerebral artery distribution
- below the diaphragm 8
- abdominal tumour, e.g. liver metastases or primary malignancy
- subphrenic abscess
- distended stomach or colon
Differential diagnosis
Other situations which may mimic an elevated hemidiaphragm include:
- subpulmonic effusion
- diaphragmatic hernia
- diaphragmatic rupture
- tumour of the pleura or diaphragm
See also
-<p><strong>Elevated hemidiaphragms</strong> can result from many causes:</p><ul>- +<p>An<strong> elevated hemidiaphragm</strong> may result from direct and indirect causes with include:</p><ul>
-<li>lobectomy/pneumonectomy</li>- +<li>prior <a title="lobectomy" href="/articles/lobectomy">lobectomy</a> or <a title="Pneumonectomy" href="/articles/pneumonectomy">pneumonectomy</a>
- +</li>
-<li><a title="Diaphragmatic dysfunction" href="/articles/diaphragmatic-dysfunction">diaphragmatic dysfunction</a></li>- +<li><a href="/articles/diaphragmatic-dysfunction">diaphragmatic dysfunction</a></li>
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