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Diaphragmatic Elevation
Introduction
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
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]