From the total cohort, 669 patients (32.8%) had a minimum of one of the outlined conditions, and this included 393 X-rays with airspace disease, 365 with pleural effusions and 78 with pneumothorax.

A 36-year-old woman with recurrent pneumothorax and no clear risk factors is found to have a rare inherited syndrome, diagnosed only through genetic testing.

The X-rays were reviewed for three common findings: airspace disease, which is a chest X-ray pattern, for example, caused by pneumonia or lung edema; pneumothorax, or collapsed lung; and pleural ...