Diagnostic significance of elastic fibers and Curschmann's spirals in sputum microscopy, their connection to bronchial asthma and lung tissue destruction.
🔬Sputum. The first photo shows elastic fibers. The second photo shows a Curschmann’s spiral. ❓What is the clinical significance of these findings?
👉Material kindly provided by clinical laboratory diagnostics physician Oksana Vladislavovna Kadantseva.
Microscopy of a native sputum smear in bronchial asthma: morphology of Curschmann's spirals from spastic small bronchi, magnification ×20.
Microscopic examination of sputum in tuberculosis and lung pathology: detection of acid-fast mycobacteria (AFB) and Curschmann's spirals.
Curschmann spirals in sputum: mechanism of bronchiole mucoprotein cast formation, microscopic appearance in bronchial asthma and COPD.
