LEYDEN'S SPIRALS
\lˈe͡ɪdənz spˈa͡ɪ͡əɹə͡lz], \lˈeɪdənz spˈaɪəɹəlz], \l_ˈeɪ_d_ə_n_z s_p_ˈaɪə_ɹ_əl_z]\
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A thick meshwork of very delicate fibers, commonly looped round in spirals, but occasionally retiform, formed in desquamative catarrh of the bronchi and alveoli. They are often overlaid with epithelium and sometimes with Charcot-Leyden crystals. They may be found in the sputum in pneumonia, asthma, or pulmonary tuberculosis.
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See under Leyden. [Lat.]
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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