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Charcot-Leyden crystal
Pathology:
- Charcot-Leyden crystals (a product of eosinophil degeneration) may be seen in areas of eosinophil accumulation, for example in respiratory secretion of patients with asthma, eosinophil- associated inflammation in general & some myeloid leukemias [2]
- eosinophil lysophospholipase (Charcot-Leyden crystal protein, CLC) forms the hexagonal bipyramidal crystals, known as Charcot-Leyden crystals
Laboratory:
- Charcot-leyden crystals in specimen
Related
asthma
Charcot, J.M.
Curschmann's spiral
eosinophil
lysophospholipase
General
abnormal morphologic structure (malformation)
References
- Internal Medicine, Stein et al (eds), Little Brow & Co, Boston
1983, pg 1137
- UniProt :accession Q05315