Problem: A 50-year-old woman presents with a 2-week history of progressively increasing shortness of breath. In addition, she has noted a 1-month history of decreased appetite and increased abdominal girth. On physical examination, the trachea is deviated slightly to the right. There is dullness to percussion over the lower half of the left hemithorax posteriorly, with absent breath sounds in the same region. The process that most likely results in these physical findings is: Consolidation resulting from pneumonia Pleural effusion Congestive heart failure Left lower lobe collapse Pneumothorax. Need Assignment Help?