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The chest radiograph demonstrates a fairly large right hilar mass with an associated right upper lobe infiltrate. This finding is very worrisome for a bronchogenic carcinoma.
Subsequent CT of the brain also demonstrated a right parietal mass. Thus, this lung lesion is most likely a primary neoplasm with metastatic involvement.