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... that a pulmonary contusion (pictured) is a bruising of the lung that occurs as a result of chest trauma?
... that a solitary pulmonary nodule or coin lesion is a mass in the lung smaller than 3 centimetres in diameter that can be an incidental finding found in up to 0.2% of chest X-rays and around 1% of CT scans?
... that lovastatin, a statin derived from the fungus Aspergillus terreus, is naturally present in red yeast rice?

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