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Case Report

Volume 6, Number 12, December 2015, pages 544-546

Patient With COPD-Asthma Overlap Detected by Sputum Eosinophilia

Figures

Figure 1.
Figure 1. Axial CT image that shows areas with decreased attenuation and emphysema (A) and finally thickening of the septa (B).
Figure 2.
Figure 2. Induced sputum smear showing numerous eosinophils (May-Grunwald, Giemsa stain, original magnification × 400).

Table

Table 1. Pulmonary Lung Functions Test
 
LPercentages
FEV1 pre2.1174
FEV1 post2.3486
FVC pre4.09105
FVC post4.09105
FEV1/FVC51
DLCO29
DLCO corrected29