ELEVATED HEMIDIAPHRAGM

tumours:

lung

liver

mediastinal

infections:

subphrenic abscess

lobar pneumonia

tuberculosis

empyema

hepatic abscess

diaphragmatic weakness:

phrenic nerve palsy

muscular dystrophies

other:

substernal thyroid

pulmonary infarction

radiation treatment

rib fracture

atelectasis

eventration of diaphragm

aortic aneurysm

intra-abdominal mass

idiopathic

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