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Elevated Hemidiaphragm

Pseudoelevation

Subpulmonic effusion
Diaphragmatic neoplasm

True Elevation

Intrathoracic conditions
   Lobar or segmental atelectasis
   Pneumonia
   Pulmonary infarction
   Rib fracture
   Pleurisy
Paralysis or paresis due to phrenic nerve dysfunction
   Bronchogenic carcinoma or mediastinal malignancy
   Surgical or nonsurgical trauma
   Neurologic disorders
       Myelitis
       Encephalitis
       Herpes zoster
       Poliomyelitis
       Myotonia
       Serum sickness after tetanus antitoxin
       Diphtheria
   Extrinsic pressure
       Substernal thyroid
       Aortic aneurysm
   Infection
       Tuberculosis
       Pneumonia
       Empyema or pleuritis
       Infection of the neck or cervical spine
   Radiation therapy
   Idiopathic
Intraabdominal pathology
   Subphrenic or hepatic abscess
   Pancreatitis
   Other intrahepatic mass lesion, especially malignancy
   Other intraabdominal mass
   Splenic infarct
Eventration
Traumatic rupture of the diaphragm

References

1. Riley EA: Idiopathic Diaphragmatic Paralysis. Am J Med   32:404, 1962.
2. Felson B, p. 421. See Bibliography, 12.

Book Source Details

• Book Title: A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis
• Author(s): Stephen N. Adler, Dianne B. Gasbarra
• Year of Publication: 1999
• Copyright Details: A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis, Copyright © 1999 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

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