Charcot-Leyden crystals

Charcot-Leyden crystals as found in sputum from a patient with ascariasis. These crystals, which are found in all eosinophilic parasitic lung infections consist of lysophospholipase, an eosinophil-derived enzyme.

Courtesy of Peter F Weller, MD.

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