Creola Bodies on Leukoformula

Creola Bodies in Sputum in Bronchial Asthma

Tue, 17 Feb 2026 12:00:00 +0300

Creola bodies in a native sputum smear. Magnification x40. Patient from the pulmonology department. Creola bodies are clusters of columnar alveolar epithelium in bronchial asthma. They are often considered an unfavorable sign. This patient, in principle, had a large number of columnar epithelial cells, some of which clumped together into such “clumps”. Often, cilia are still present at the edges of Creola bodies; in a native smear under a coverslip, it is often visible how they perform their ciliary movements.

Creola Bodies in Native Sputum Microscopy: Diagnostic Value

Thu, 12 Dec 2024 20:00:00 +0300

🔬 Creola Bodies. Native sputum smear. 🙏 Video kindly provided by biologist Anna Feditskaya, Lugansk.

📘 Reference information: ✅ Creola bodies are clusters of damaged bronchial epithelial cells. Most often, they are found in bronchial asthma and other inflammatory diseases of the respiratory tract.

Creola Bodies in Sputum Analysis for Bronchial Asthma

Mon, 25 Nov 2024 21:00:00 +0300

🔬 Creola bodies in sputum. ❗They represent pseudopapillary complexes of ciliated epithelium. Smaller and less mature cells are located in the center, while hyperplastic cells with a ciliary halo are found at the periphery. Cilia in sputum preparations retain their motility for a long time.