A clinical case of Curshmann's spirals found in a native sputum smear from an 80-year-old patient with chronic bronchitis: microscopy and macroscopic view.
Huge Curshmann’s spirals in a native sputum smear. Male, 80 years old, chronic bronchitis. Photos 1-4: 100x magnification, photo 5: 400x magnification, photo 6: no magnification (spirals are visible to the naked eye, do not disintegrate when pressing on the coverslip).
🙏Images kindly provided by biologist Natalia Morkhova
Detection of Curschmann's spirals during microscopic examination of sputum. Morphology of bronchiole casts in a native preparation at x20 and x40 magnification.
Microscopy of a native sputum smear in bronchial asthma: morphology of Curschmann's spirals from spastic small bronchi, magnification ×20.
Microscopy of native sputum from a patient with COPD: detection of Curschmann's spirals as a sign of bronchial obstruction and mucus stagnation.
