A Case of Bronchial Obstruction Caused by Charcot-Leyden Crystals.
- Author:
Ji Eun LEE
1
;
Hea Young YOUM
;
Jung Woo RHEU
;
Kyu Earn KIM
;
Ki Young LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Pediatics, College of Medicine, Yonsei University, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Charcot-Leyden crystals;
Bronchial obstruction;
Atelectasis
- MeSH:
Asthma;
Basophils;
Body Fluids;
Child;
Eosinophils;
Humans;
Leukemia, Myeloid;
Lysophospholipase;
Pulmonary Atelectasis
- From:Pediatric Allergy and Respiratory Disease
2000;10(3):242-247
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Charcot-Leyden crystals are slender, hexagonal, bipyramidal crystals formed predominantly from eosinophil but also from basophil granules composed of a single protein of 17,400 daltons of lysophospholipase activity. It has been identified in a variety of body fluids and tissues in human tissues and secretions in association with eosinophilic inflammatory reactions, asthma, myeloid leukemias, and allergic, parasitic, and other diseases. In this report, we describe a child with bronchial obstruction and subsequent atelectasis caused by Charcot-Leyden crystals containing fibronous material who was treated with flexible bronchofiberscope to remove it.
