Question: A 20 year old male endorses unilateral rhinorrhea and nasal obstruction. Nasal examination reveals dense polyps down to the nasal floor and thick “rubber cement” consistency nasal drainage. The drainage is sent for histopathologic analysis and the pathologist comments that Charcot-Leyden crystals are present — the breakdown product of which of the following cell types?
a) Eosinophil
b) Neutrophil
c) Macrophage
d) T lymphocyte
[Answer will be posted with next week's new question]
Answer to last week's question, “Triage To Win” (April 26, 2021)
D - Septal hematoma.