A flattened diaphragm is a major x-ray finding in patients with long-term lung diseases like chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). To compensate for the obstructed airflow into the lungs, one's lung muscles try to inflate the lungs more and more. This process is called hyperinflation of the lungs. And the lung keeps pushing onto the diaphragm to flatten it under tension.
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