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→Malignant melanoma: +asthma
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*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Melanoma_-_cytology_field_stain.jpg Bug-eyed monster cell in melanoma - Field stain (WC)]. | *[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Melanoma_-_cytology_field_stain.jpg Bug-eyed monster cell in melanoma - Field stain (WC)]. | ||
==Asthma== | |||
Classic finding: | |||
*''Curschmann's spirals'' - spiral-shaped mucous plugs.<ref name=pmid9812228>{{cite journal |author=Cenci M, Giovagnoli MR, Alderisio M, Vecchione A |title=Curschmann's spirals in sputum of subjects exposed daily to urban environmental pollution |journal=Diagn. Cytopathol. |volume=19 |issue=5 |pages=349–51 |year=1998 |month=November |pmid=9812228 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | |||
Image: [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Curshman%27s_Spiral.jpg Curschmann spiral (WC)]. | |||
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*''Curschmann's spirals'' are a non-specific finding; they may be seen in a range of conditions in including chronic bronchitis, asymptomatic smokers and lung cancer.<ref name=pmid9812228/> | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||