Charcot laden crystals are found in -: (A) Bronchial asthma, (B) Bronchiectasis, (C) Chronic bronchitis, (D) Wegners granulomatosis
Answer is A. Ans. is 'a' i.e., Bronchial asthma o Characteristic histological findings and sputum findings in asthma are1) Curschmann's spirals: Whorls of shed epithelium in mucus plug.2) Charcot-leyden crystals: Collection of crystalloids made up of eosinophilic protein.3) Creola bodies: Ciliated columnar cells sloughed from bronchial mucosa.