static/reports/Nodule3.txt

FINDINGS:
No pneumothorax. No substantial pleural effusion. No consolidation. Approximately 1.5 cm nodule in lateral upper/mid left lung.

Normal heart size. Slightly unfolded thoracic aorta. Mediastinal shadow otherwise within normal limits.

No acute skeletal abnormality is apparent.

IMPRESSION:
Approximately 1.5 cm lateral upper/mid left lung nodule; malignancy needs to be excluded.

RECOMMENDATION:
Chest CT without contrast.

Image source: LIDC-IDRI