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5. Frontal and lateral chest radiography shows right basilar consolidation
Frontal and lateral chest radiography shows expected post-surgical changes following right middle lobectomy, but with some patchy medial basal opacity on the right, associated with mild blunting of the right lateral costophrenic angle. No evidence of new lung nodules or mediastinal lymph node enlargement is seen. There is no evidence of pneumothorax.
The patient was presumed to have right lower lobe pneumonia and was treated with broad-spectrum antibiotics, but without symptomatic improvement.
At this point, which of the following represents the most appropriate step in this patient’s management? (Click on the correct answer to be directed to the eleventh of sixteen pages)