Skip to main content
Fig. 21 | BMC Pulmonary Medicine

Fig. 21

From: Ultrasound and non-ultrasound imaging techniques in the assessment of diaphragmatic dysfunction

Fig. 21

Reproduced with permission from Wolters Kluwer Health: Sukkasem et al. Journal of Thoracic Imaging 2017;32(6): 383–390

Progressive hemidiaphragm thinning after double lung transplantation for COPD. Axial (a–c) and coronal (d–f) CT images pre-transplantation (left panels), 1 month after transplantation (middle panels) and 11 months after lung transplantation (right panels). The pre-transplantation images demonstrate equal crural diaphragm thickness; the left hemidiaphragm (white arrow) becomes progressively thinner and moves cranially after transplantation. These findings are indicative of post-operative left hemidiaphragm paralysis.

Back to article page