Gamuts

Unilaterally elevated diaphragm

Synonyms
Elevated hemidiaphragm
May Be Caused by
 Common
Abdominal abscess
Acute pleurisy
Atelectasis
Brachial plexus trauma
Cervical spine trauma
Chest trauma
Chest wall trauma
Chilaiditi syndrome
Cholecystitis
Chronic empyema
Chronic hemothorax
Diaphragmatic paralysis
Distended splenic flexure of colon
Distended stomach
Eventration of diaphragm
Idiopathic
Mesothelioma
Normal variant
Pancreatitis
Perforated peptic ulcer
Phrenic nerve trauma
Pleural fibrosis
Pleural tuberculosis
Pneumonectomy
Pneumonia
Postpericardiotomy syndrome
Pulmonary infarction
Pulmonary lobectomy
Rib fracture
Ruptured liver
Ruptured spleen
Scoliosis
Subphrenic hematoma
Subphrenic mass
Surgery
 Uncommon
Accessory diaphragm
Agenesis of one lung
Erb palsy
Hemiplegia
Hydatid cyst
Hypoplasia of one lung
Poliomyelitis
Retroperitoneal neoplasm
Scimitar syndrome
Thoracic kidney
Traumatic diaphragmatic rupture

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