Rapidly vanishing pulmonary pseudotumour.

Answer: c Quiz A 51-year-old male ex-smoker with a history of pulmonary tuberculosis was referred for exertional dyspnoea for 5 days. He had no fever, cough or constitutional symptoms. Physical examination revealed stony dullness to percussion over the right lower thorax posteriorly. There was no pedal oedema or elevated jugular venous pulse. Serum albumin was 31 g/L and serum creatinine was 100 mmol/L with no leukocytosis. What is the diagnosis from Figures 1 and 2? a) Lung malignancy b) Rounded atelectasis c) Left ventricular failure d) Loculated empyema of the lung e) Rounded pneumonia