Diaphragmatic elevation
Diaphragmatic elevation |
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Differential Diagnosis
In alphabetical order [1]
- 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