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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