Medically reviewed by Jurairat J. Molina, MD A chest X-ray cannot diagnose asthma but can provide valuable information during a severe attack or when someone is hospitalized with asthma complications.

A chest X-ray typically won't show if a person has asthma, but can tell if something else (such as pneumonia or a foreign body in the airway) could be causing symptoms similar to asthma.

Malignancy was the diagnosis in only two cases of chronic cough and normal chest X-ray, but assessment in the clinic led to early confirmatory investigations, prompted by features other than cough.

Small-airway obstruction, which cannot be seen with conventional X-rays, was observed in a virtual chest X-ray enhanced by phase-contrast imaging, according to study results published in ...

From 1995 to 2009, there was a 2.4-fold increase in the use of chest radiographs by EDs treating children with moderate to severe asthma; a regional trend that has cost and health implications.

From CHEST 2022, Dr Navitha Ramesh reports key data on biologic therapies for asthma patients, including results from the CLEAR study and trials on omalizumab, benralizumab, and tezepelumab.