Diaphragmatic elevation
Diaphragmatic elevation |
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Differential Diagnosis
Common Causes
- List the most common causes here.
Causes by Organ System
Cardiovascular | No underlying causes |
Chemical/Poisoning | No underlying causes |
Dental | No underlying causes |
Dermatologic | No underlying causes |
Drug Side Effect | No underlying causes |
Ear Nose Throat | No underlying causes |
Endocrine | No underlying causes |
Environmental | No underlying causes |
Gastroenterologic | No underlying causes |
Genetic | No underlying causes |
Hematologic | No underlying causes |
Iatrogenic | No underlying causes |
Infectious Disease | No underlying causes |
Musculoskeletal/Orthopedic | No underlying causes |
Neurologic | No underlying causes |
Nutritional/Metabolic | No underlying causes |
Obstetric/Gynecologic | No underlying causes |
Oncologic | No underlying causes |
Ophthalmologic | No underlying causes |
Overdose/Toxicity | No underlying causes |
Psychiatric | No underlying causes |
Pulmonary | No underlying causes |
Renal/Electrolyte | No underlying causes |
Rheumatology/Immunology/Allergy | No underlying causes |
Sexual | No underlying causes |
Trauma | No underlying causes |
Urologic | No underlying causes |
Miscellaneous | No underlying causes |
Causes in Alphabetical Order
- Aortic aneurysm
- Ascites
- Atelectasis
- Bronchial carcinoma
- Complete diaphragmatic eventration
- Diaphragmatic hernia
- Gaseous distention of the splenic flexure of the colon
- Gaseous distention of the stomach
- Guillain-Barre Syndrome
- Hematoma
- Hepatomegaly
- Hemiplegia
- Lobectomy
- Malignant lymphoma
- Metastases
- Obesity
- Other causes of abdominal mass
- Peripheral neuritis
- Poliomyelitis
- Polyradiculitis
- Pregnancy
- Pneumectomy
- Pulmonary Embolism
- Pulmonary fibrosis
- Pulmonary infarction
- Retrosternal goiter
- Splenomegaly
- Subphrenic abscess
- Subpulmonic pleural fluid
- Thorax hernia
- Thyroid surgery
- Trauma
- Traumatic rupture of diaphragm
References
- ↑ Sailer, Christian, Wasner, Susanne. Differential Diagnosis Pocket. Hermosa Beach, CA: Borm Bruckmeir Publishing LLC, 2002:77 ISBN 1591032016