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​Symptoms and Signs – Differential Diagnosis of Elevated Hemidiaphragm
• Aortic aneurysm
• Atelectasis
• Eventration
• Idiopathic
• Infectious process (pneumonia, empyema, TB, subphrenic abscess, hepatic abscess)
• Intra-abdominal mass
• Neoplasm (bronchogenic carcinoma, mediastinal neoplasm, intrahepatic lesion)
• Phrenic nerve dysfunction (myelitis, myotonia, herpes zoster)
• Pleurisy
• Pulmonary infarction
• Radiation therapy
• Rib fracture
• Substernal thyroid
• Trauma to phrenic nerve or diaphragm (e.g., surgery)
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