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Right lower lobe consolidation

Case contributed by Jeremy Jones
Diagnosis almost certain

Patient Data

Age: Adult
x-ray

Right base opacity with loss of right hemidiaphragm silhouette. The right cardiac silhouette is preserved. There is also crowding of the right ribs with decreased right lung volume.

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