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Answer: 5. Left lower lobe nodule

The chest radiograph shows a nodule faintly seen through the left retrocardiac region on the frontal image, seen to reside over the anterior lower thoracic spine on the lateral image.

Figure 2A and B: Frontal (A) and lateral (B) chest radiography shows a small, circumscribed nodule (arrow) in the left retrocardiac region on the frontal image (Figure 2A) and projected over the spine on the lateral chest radiograph (Figure 2B).


No old chest X-rays are available.

What is the next step in evaluation?

  1. Pulmonary angiogram
  2. Tantalum bronchography
  3. MRI
  4. Thoracic CT scan
  5. Needle biopsy of lesion

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