Difference between revisions of "Autopsy"

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(→‎Autopsy report: histology a start)
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{| class="wikitable sortable"  
{| class="wikitable sortable"  
! Section/organ
! Section/organ
! Elements
! Common
! Less common
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| Bone marrow
| Bone marrow
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|  
*trilineage hematopoiesis
*trilineage hematopoiesis
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*infection
*infection
*tumour
*tumour
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*percent stenosis for major arteries (LMCA, LAD, LCx, RCA)
*percent stenosis for major arteries (LMCA, LAD, LCx, RCA)
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*plaque rupture
*plaque rupture
*thrombi
*thrombi
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| Heart muscle
| Heart muscle
|  
|  
*fibrosis - esp. post. LV (old [[myocardial infarction|MI]])
*nuclear enlargement, arteriolosclerosis, periarteriolar fibrosis ([[hypertensive heart disease|hypertensive changes]])
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*hemorrhage
*hemorrhage
*necrosis (coagulative/contraction band)
*necrosis - coagulative/contraction band (recent MI)
*inflammatory infiltrate (necrosis versus not)
*inflammatory infiltrate - not associated with necrosis
*nuclear enlargement
*hyaline material (amyloid)
*hyaline material (amyloid)
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|-
| Adrenal gland
| Adrenal gland
|  
|  
*tumour  
*tumour - primary (cortex)
**primary (cortex/medulla)
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*tumour
**primary (cortex, medulla)
**metastatic
**metastatic
*hemorrhage
*hemorrhage
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| Kidney
| Kidney
|  
|  
*vessels (atherosclerosis, arteriolar hyalinization)
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*tumour
*tumour
*glomeruli (enlargement, cresents, mesangial expansion, inflammation - esp. PMNs)
*glomeruli (enlargement, cresents, mesangial expansion, inflammation - esp. PMNs)
*vessels (atherosclerosis, arteriolar hyalinization, thrombi)
*vessels (thrombi)
*interstitial (fibrosis, inflammation)
*interstitial (fibrosis, inflammation)
*tubules (regeneration, casts, inflammation)  
*tubules (regeneration, casts, inflammation)  
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| Liver
| Liver
|
|
*tumour
*steatosis (local/type)
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*fibrosis (septa, rounded contours, cirrhosis), inflammation (cell type, location (portal, interface, lobular))
*fibrosis (septa, rounded contours, cirrhosis), inflammation (cell type, location (portal, interface, lobular))
*steatosis (local/type)
*tumour - esp. metastatic
*bile ducts
*bile ducts
*ballooning cells (steatohepatitis)/feathery degeneration (cholestasis)  
*ballooning degeneration (steatohepatitis)/feathery degeneration (cholestasis)  
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|-
| Spleen
| Spleen
|  
|  
*white pulp
*normal white pulp/red pulp
*red pulp
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*tumour
*surface abnormalities
*surface abnormalities
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| Gastrointestinal tract
| Gastrointestinal tract
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*autolytic changes
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*tumour
*tumour
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| Thyroid gland
| Thyroid gland
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*tumour
*tumour - papillary thyroid carcinoma, goitre
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*inflammation
*inflammation
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