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! Section/organ | ! Section/organ | ||
! | ! Expected finding(s) | ||
! | ! Findings to consider | ||
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| Bone marrow | | Bone marrow | ||
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| Coronary arteries | | Coronary arteries | ||
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*percent stenosis for major arteries (LMCA, LAD, LCx, RCA) | *atherosclerosis - should give percent stenosis for major arteries (LMCA, LAD, LCx, RCA) | ||
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*plaque rupture | *atherosclerotic plaque rupture | ||
*thrombi | *thrombi | ||
*inflammation | *inflammation | ||
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*fibrosis - esp. post. LV (old [[myocardial infarction|MI]]) | *fibrosis - esp. post. LV (old [[myocardial infarction|MI]]) | ||
*nuclear enlargement, arteriolosclerosis, periarteriolar fibrosis ([[hypertensive heart disease|hypertensive | *nuclear enlargement, arteriolosclerosis, periarteriolar fibrosis ([[hypertensive heart disease|hypertensive heart disease]]) | ||
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*hemorrhage | *hemorrhage | ||
*wavy fibres (early ischemic change) | |||
*necrosis - coagulative/contraction band (recent MI) | *necrosis - coagulative/contraction band (recent MI) | ||
*inflammatory infiltrate - not associated with necrosis | *inflammatory infiltrate - not associated with necrosis | ||
*hyaline material ( | *hyaline material ([[cardiac amyloidosis]]) | ||
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| Adrenal gland | | Adrenal gland | ||
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*tumour | *tumour | ||
*glomeruli (enlargement, cresents, mesangial expansion, inflammation - esp. | *glomeruli (enlargement, cresents, [[mesangial expansion[[, inflammation - esp. [[PMN]]s) | ||
*vessels ( | *vessels - thrombi ([[thrombotic microangiopathy]]) | ||
*interstitial (fibrosis, inflammation) | *interstitial (fibrosis, inflammation) | ||
*tubules (regeneration, casts, inflammation) | *tubules (regeneration, casts, inflammation) | ||
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*steatosis (local/type) | *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)) | ||
*tumour - esp. metastatic | *tumour - esp. metastatic | ||
*bile ducts | *bile ducts | ||
*ballooning degeneration (steatohepatitis)/feathery degeneration (cholestasis) | *ballooning degeneration (steatohepatitis)/feathery degeneration (cholestasis) | ||
*necrosis (location important) | |||
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| Spleen | | Spleen | ||