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Elevated hemidiaphragm


Elevation of half of the diaphragm, the muscle that separates the chest cavity from the abdomen and that serves as the main muscle of respiration. The elevation of a hemidiaphragm is a significant sign of a problem. That problem may lie below, within or above the diaphragm: Below the diaphragm -- In the abdomen there may be a cyst, an infection or [..]
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