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Charcot-Leyden crystals

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crystal /crys·tal/ (kris´t'l) a homogeneous angular solid of definite form, with systematically arranged elemental units.
blood crystals  hematoidin crystals in the blood.
Charcot-Leyden crystals  elongated, diamond-shaped, birefringent crystals derived from disintegrating eosinophils, seen in serous fluids such as the bronchial secretions in asthma and in stools in some cases of intestinal parasitism.
Charcot-Ley·den crystals (-ldn)
pl.n.
Crystals in the shape of elongated double pyramids, formed from eosinophils, found in the sputum in bronchial asthma and in the feces in some intestinal infections.
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5) They described this a s allergic mucin, which consisted of degenerating eosinophils, desquamated respiratory epithelial cells, and Charcot-Leyden crystals.
Fluconazole nasal spray in the treatment of allergic fungal ... by Anand, Vijay / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal
Charcot-Leyden crystals are bipyramidal needlelike crystals that are usually found in association with eosinophils, most characteristically in the sputum of patients with allergic asthma, but also in tissue in other allergic and hematologic disorders.
Crystalline inclusions in granulocytic sarcoma: report of 2 cases and ... by Strauchen, James A.; Gordon, Ronald E. / Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
5) Charcot-Leyden crystals (CLCs) are accepted as a morphologic hallmark of eosinophil-related disease in which there is active eosinophilic inflammation or proliferation.
Charcot-Leyden crystals: pathology and diagnostic utility by Balogh, Karoly / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal
 
 
 
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