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Curschmann Spirals in Native Sputum Preparation

Morphology of Curschmann spirals during microscopy of native sputum preparation: diagnostic significance of bronchiole casts in bronchial asthma.

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Curschmann Spirals in Native Sputum Preparation

Curschmann spirals in native sputum preparation.

🙏Images kindly provided by Vera Kirnas, Biologist, Clinical Diagnostic Laboratory, F.S. Ankudinov Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk City Hospital

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Native sputum preparation: Curschmann spiral surrounded by cellular elements

Native sputum preparation: characteristic convoluted thread of a Curschmann spiral

Native sputum preparation: mucous cast of the lumen of a spastic bronchus

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