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Tes Lab Respiratory
Tes Lab Respiratory
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for respiratory disorders
Ruland DN Pakasi
Contents of Sputum
Macroscopic Examination
Stratification
• Bronchectasis
• Gangrene
• Abscess
Frosthy
More/less clear
Macroscopic
Examination • Composed of fibrin, white or
grayish; may be reddish brown
BRONCHIAL CASTS (blood pigment)
• Size & appearance : vary
• Small threadslarge tree-
branching
• Fibrinous, hemorrhage or
mucous
• Frequently seen in
Fibrinous bronchitis
Pneumonia (consolidation)
Chronic cardiac disease
TB
Macroscopic
Examination
• Commonly seen in
CHEESY MASSES
Pulmonary TB
Pulmonary abscess
Pumonary gangrene
MIcroscopic Examination
• Unstained preparation
1. Curshmann’s spiral
2. Elastic fibers 4. Pigment cells
3. Crystals 5. Myelin globules
• Charcot-Leydens crystals 6. Fungi
• Fatty acid crystals
7. Animal parasites
• Cholesterol crystals
• Leucin & tyrosine crystals
• Inorganic salts crystals
MIcroscopic Examination
• Stained preparation 1. Leukocytes
2. Eosinophils
3. Lymphocytes
4. Endothelial leukocytes
5. Erythrocytes
6. epithelium
MIcroscopic Examination
Structures accompanying those
Unstained preparation on Macroscopic description
1.Curshmann’s spiral
• Appear as slender, curled,
2.Elastic fibers highly refractive, branching
fibers of uniform
• As a network or in bundles;
sometimes retain alveoli
arrangement (differ from
mold, cotton, or hairs)
MIcroscopic Examination
Unstained preparation
• Derived from alveoli, bronchi or
blood vesselstheir presence
2.Elastic fibers indicate destruction of
pulmonary tissue
• Advanced TB
• Ulcerating
bronchiectasis]ulcerating
malignancy
MIcroscopic Examination
Unstained preparation
MIcroscopic Examination
Unstained preparation • Colorless pointed
3.Crystals Charcot- hexagones; may appear
Leyden quite needlelik; may be
purplish-red
• Soluble in water & acetic
acid
• Derived from eosinophil
desintegration, associated
with bronchial asthma
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Microscopic Examination
3.Crystals Inorganic salts
Microscopic Examination
4.Pigmented cells • Cells are found in
o Chronic passive pulmonary
Heart-failure cells congestion
o Cardic decompesation
o Pulonary infarction
o Pulm.post hemorrhage
Microscopic Examination
• Similar to heart failure cell
Dust cells
• Contain black/brownish
black angular granules
• Seen in sputum of
anthracosis
• Less important
2.Lemak
No clinical significance
3.Darah
Darah-samar (Occult
blood)
Benzidine test
• Protein/ Albumin
• Little value of
Dif.Diagnosis
Chemical • Glucose
Examination • Serum level
• Low: < 60 mg/dL
• Low: Pl.eff/serum ratio <
0.5
Malignancy, Tuberculosis,
Nonpurulent bacterial infections,
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• Lactate
• Significantly in
bacterial and
Chemical tuberculous pleural
Examination infections
• Moderate in
malignant effusions
• Enzymes
• Adenosine deaminase
(ADA)
• Rich in T
Chemical
Lymphocytessignifica
Examination
ntly in tbc pleuritis
• Interferon-gamma (IFN-)
• Significantly in tbc
pleuritis
• Lipids
• Effusion appear to be
chylous/ milky due to the
Chemical presence of lecithin-
globulin complex
Examination • Require lipoprotein
electrophoresis to confirm
chylothorax
• Antinuclear Antibody
(ANA)
Immunologic • Not clinically useful
Studies • Elevated titers also occur
in various conditions
Coagulation studies
international normalized ratio
(INR) = severe illness. This finding
may herald the development of
disseminated intravascular
coagulation.
• Leucocytosis
Blood
• Granulocytosis
• Complement-fixing antibodies:
Immuunologic antibody titer against specific
causative virus 4x rise
Blood
• Proteinuria
Urine
• WBC and Casts
• Culture
Sputum
• Gram stain
• Frequently positive
Blood culture • If tuberculosis is suspected, acid-fast
bacilli stain and mycobacterial culture is
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