Diaphragmatic elevation
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Diaphragmatic elevation |
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Differential Diagnosis
Common Causes
- Lobectomy
- Pneumectomy
- Hepatomegaly
- Pregnancy
- Pulmonary fibrosis
- Subphrenic abscess
- Splenomegaly
- Ascites
- Subphrenic abscess
- Subphrenic Hematoma
Causes by Organ System
Cardiovascular | Cardiac surgery, Aortic aneurysm |
Chemical/Poisoning | No underlying causes |
Dental | No underlying causes |
Dermatologic | No underlying causes |
Drug Side Effect | Radiation therapy |
Ear Nose Throat | No underlying causes |
Endocrine | Retrosternal goiter |
Environmental | No underlying causes |
Gastroenterologic | Distended stomach or colon, Hepatomegaly, Gaseous distention of the stomach, Gaseous distention of the splenic flexure of the colon, Ascites |
Genetic | No underlying causes |
Hematologic | Splenomegaly |
Iatrogenic | Thyroid surgery, Pneumectomy |
Infectious Disease | Postviral phrenic neuropathy, Poliomyelitis, Subphrenic abscess, Poliomyelitis |
Musculoskeletal/Orthopedic | No underlying causes |
Neurologic | Syringomyelia, Spinal cord transection, Phrenic nerve palsy, Phrenic nerve dysfunction, Multiple sclerosis, Idiopathic phrenic neuropathy, Guillain-Barre syndrome, Contralateral CVA, Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Polyradiculitis, Peripheral neuritis, Hemiplegia |
Nutritional/Metabolic | Malnutrition |
Obstetric/Gynecologic | Pregnancy |
Oncologic | Compression by tumor, Abdominal tumour, Metastases, Malignant lymphoma |
Ophthalmologic | No underlying causes |
Overdose/Toxicity | No underlying causes |
Psychiatric | No underlying causes |
Pulmonary | Pulmonary hypoplasia, Pneumonectomy, Diaphragmatic eventration, Decreased lung volume, Pulmonary infarction, Pulmonary fibrosis, Lobectomy , Diaphragmatic hernia |
Renal/Electrolyte | No underlying causes |
Rheumatology/Immunology/Allergy | Systemic lupus erythematosus , Mixed connective tissue disease, Dermatomyositis, Connective tissue diseases, Cervical spondylosis |
Sexual | No underlying causes |
Trauma | Blunt trauma, Traumatic rupture of diaphragm |
Urologic | No underlying causes |
Miscellaneous | Limb-girdle dystrophy, Idiopathicmyopathy, Amyloidosis, Subpulmonic pleural fluid, Subphrenic Hematoma, Other causes of abdominal mass, Obesity |
Causes in Alphabetical Order
References
- ↑ Sailer, Christian, Wasner, Susanne. Differential Diagnosis Pocket. Hermosa Beach, CA: Borm Bruckmeir Publishing LLC, 2002:77 ISBN 1591032016