What does tenting of the hemi diaphragm on CT scan suggest?
Patient: I suffer with heamopsosis daily I have had two bronchoscopies waiting on results.. I also am on steroids for shortness of breath.. first xrays n CT scan showed chronic tenting of the left hemi diaphragm. . Can you please shed some light on my condition Doctor: Thanks for your question on HCM.In my opinion you should not worry about tenting of diaphragm. As this is developmental defect in the diaphragm. Diaphragm is muscle of respiration. So developmental defect can occur in it. Some part of the diaphragm is either fail to develop or develop poorly, giving rise to defectm and to compensate that defect, normal diaphragm make some modifications and this is seen as tenting on CT. So no need to worry for this as this can not be the cause for your haemoptysis.