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Fig. 23 | BMC Pulmonary Medicine

Fig. 23

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

Fig. 23

Reproduced with permission from Radiologic Society of North America: Nason et al. Radiographics 2012;32(2):E51–E70

Bilateral hemidiaphragm eventration. Posteroanterior (a) and lateral (b) radiographs demonstrate focal elevation of the right and left hemidiaphragms (white arrows). Axial (c) CT image shows the mushroom appearance of the right and left hemidiaphragms with undercut edges (white arrows). On the right, a portion of the liver occupies the eventration herniation. Eventration (d) on pathology photograph showing the medial aspect (white arrow) of the muscle band and the groove on the liver created by the diaphragm (black arrow).

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