<prompt> Mucus plugs containing epithelial cell aggregations arranged as whorls of shed epithelium in the airway mucus plugs seen in bronchial asthma is known as:CharcotLeyden crystalsCurshmann spiralsCreola bodiesNone of above  <response>: Refer: Robbins Pathologic Basis of Disease, 8thedition, pg no: 691Histopathology of bronchial asthmaThe mucus plugs contain whorls of shed epithelium, spiral shaped mucus plugs called CurshmannspiralsNumerous eosinophils.Charcot-Leyden crystals - collections of crystalloid made upof an eosinophil lysophospholipase binding protein calledGalectin-10.Overall thickening of airway wall.Sub-basement membrane fibrosis due to deposition oftype I and III collagen beneath the classic basementmembrane composed of type IV collagen and laminin.Increased vascularity.Increase in size of the submucosal glands; andMucous metaplasia of airway epithelial cells.Hypertrophy andor hyperplasia of the bronchial wall muscle. 