Summarize the radiology report findings into an impression within 3 sentences.
    INPUT: An approximately 7 - mm opacity in the right apex is new compared to the prior radiograph in ___ , but appears to correspond to a nodule with solid component on CT in ___ . Otherwise , the lungs are clear . The heart is normal in size . The mediastinum is not widened . The hila are unremarkable . No pleural effusion or pneumothorax . Bilateral apical pleural thickening is probable . Surgical clips projecting over the region of the hiatus . Calcifications in the uterus number are overall unchanged .
    OUTPUT:
    
7 - mm right apical lung nodule , new since ___ radiograph , may correspond to nodule a solid component on prior CT in ___ . Follow - up CT chest should be performed to evaluate for malignancy .