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{{Main|Asthma}} | {{Main|Asthma}} | ||
Classic finding: | Classic finding: | ||
*''Curschmann's spirals'' | *''Eosinophils''. | ||
*''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> | |||
*''Creola bodies'' = clusters of (ciliated) bronchial epithelial cells,<ref name=pmid2818212>{{Cite journal | last1 = Isohima | first1 = K. | last2 = Takahashi | first2 = K. | last3 = Soda | first3 = R. | last4 = Hukasaka | first4 = N. | last5 = Tanabe | first5 = K. | last6 = Ozaki | first6 = K. | last7 = Nakato | first7 = H. | last8 = Araki | first8 = M. | last9 = Tuzi | first9 = M. | title = [The clinical significance of Creola body in the sputum of asthmatic patients]. | journal = Arerugi | volume = 38 | issue = 7 | pages = 542-8 | month = Jul | year = 1989 | doi = | PMID = 2818212 }}</ref> presence associated with more [[eosinophil]]s.<ref name=pmid2383179>{{Cite journal | last1 = Motojima | first1 = S. | last2 = Kushima | first2 = A. | last3 = Ogata | first3 = H. | last4 = Tateishi | first4 = K. | last5 = Fukuda | first5 = T. | last6 = Makino | first6 = S. | title = [Relationship between presence of Creola bodies and airway hyperresponsiveness in patients with bronchial asthma]. | journal = Arerugi | volume = 39 | issue = 4 | pages = 377-83 | month = Apr | year = 1990 | doi = | PMID = 2383179 }}</ref> | |||
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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/> | *''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/> | ||
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*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Curshman%27s_Spiral.jpg Curschmann spiral (WC)]. | |||
*[http://www.medeponyms.com/images/eponyms/creola_body.jpg Creola body (medeponyms.com)].<ref>URL: [http://www.medeponyms.com/entry/27/ http://www.medeponyms.com/entry/27/]. Accessed on: 31 March 2012.</ref> | |||
==Pulmonary hamartoma== | ==Pulmonary hamartoma== |
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