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***May be associated with blood vessel tortuosity.<ref>KC. 14 September 2010.</ref> | ***May be associated with blood vessel tortuosity.<ref>KC. 14 September 2010.</ref> | ||
==Normal organ | ==Normal organ masses== | ||
Caucasoid population of 684 adults:<ref name=pmid11376980>{{cite journal |author=de la Grandmaison GL, Clairand I, Durigon M |title=Organ weight in 684 adult autopsies: new tables for a Caucasoid population |journal=Forensic Sci. Int. |volume=119 |issue=2 |pages=149–54 |year=2001 |month=June |pmid=11376980 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | Caucasoid population of 684 adults:<ref name=pmid11376980>{{cite journal |author=de la Grandmaison GL, Clairand I, Durigon M |title=Organ weight in 684 adult autopsies: new tables for a Caucasoid population |journal=Forensic Sci. Int. |volume=119 |issue=2 |pages=149–54 |year=2001 |month=June |pmid=11376980 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | ||
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==Histology== | |||
===General=== | |||
It's the at the pathologists discretion. In ''decomp'' cases it is reasonable to submit nothing. | |||
===Forensic context=== | |||
A standard (minimum) for adult homicides is: | |||
#Heart (1). | |||
#Lung (1). | |||
#Liver (1). | |||
#Kidney (1). | |||
===Hospital autopsies=== | |||
====Non-neuro==== | |||
*[[Thyroid gland]] (1). | |||
*[[Lung]] - each lobe (5). | |||
*[[Heart]] - posterior papillary muscle & LV, anterior papillary muscle & LV (2). | |||
**More extensive histologic sectioning is discussed in the ''[[heart]]'' article. | |||
*[[Liver]] - left lobe, right lobe (2). | |||
*[[Spleen]] - including hilum & capsule (1). | |||
*[[Adrenal gland]] (1). | |||
*Gastrointestinal tract: | |||
**The quality if often very poor (even in "fresh" bodies). These are often omitted. | |||
***[[Stomach]] (1). | |||
***[[Esophagus]] (1). | |||
***[[Small bowel]] (1). | |||
***Large bowel (1). | |||
*Genitourinary tract: | |||
**[[Kidney]] - each side (2). | |||
**Gender specific: | |||
***Male: | |||
****[[Prostate gland]] (1). | |||
****Testis (1). | |||
***Female: | |||
****Uterus +/- cervix (1). | |||
****Ovary + tube (1). | |||
*Bone marrow (1). | |||
====Neuro==== | |||
*Pituitary gland (1). | |||
*Cortex usu. frontal/parietal (1). | |||
*Hippocampus (1). | |||
*Cerebellum (1). | |||
*Brain stem (1). | |||
*Basal ganglia (1). | |||
====Stock==== | |||
*Thyroid gland. | |||
*Slice of heart. | |||
*Lung - all five lobes. | |||
*Liver. | |||
*Kidney. | |||
*Skin. | |||
*Nerve. | |||
*Muscle. | |||
*Lymph nodes. | |||
*Hippocampus + basal ganglia. | |||
*Reproductive: | |||
**Prostate gland. | |||
**Testis | |||
**Breast. | |||
**Uterus. | |||
**Ovary. | |||
==Negative autopsy== | ==Negative autopsy== | ||