Morphology of Charcot-Leyden crystals in native sputum smears. Causes of formation from eosinophil breakdown, association with bronchial asthma and helminthic invasions.
🔬 Charcot-Leyden crystals in native sputum smears.
✅ They are products of protein crystallization during eosinophil breakdown.
✅ Found in bronchial asthma, eosinophilic pneumonia, and helminthic invasions.
🙏Photos and description kindly provided by Vera Kirnas Biologist, Clinical Diagnostic Laboratory, F.S. Ankudinov Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk City Hospital
Microscopy of native sputum: colorless rhomboid Charcot-Leyden crystals, formed from eosinophil breakdown in bronchial asthma.
Microscopy of native sputum preparation at 400x magnification: detection of numerous Charcot-Leyden crystals as a marker of eosinophilic inflammation.
Morphology of Charcot-Leyden crystals in native sputum. Causes of formation from eosinophil breakdown, diagnosis in asthma and helminthiasis.
