Charcot-Leyden crystals
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Charcot-Leyden crystals consist of collections of bipyramidal crystalloid made up of eosinophilic membrane proteins, which occur in:
- asthma
- other eosinophilic lung disease 2
- certain cases of sinusitis (e.g. allergic fungal sinusitis)
They may be detected in the sputum or sinus secretions with these conditions.
-<li><a href="/articles/asthma">asthma</a></li>- +<li><a title="Asthma" href="/articles/asthma-1">asthma</a></li>