Difference between revisions of "Autopsy"

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 **Importance: ''none'' - benign.
 *Splenomegaly secondary to portal hypertension.
-===Liver===
-*Portal vein patency.
 ===Kidney===
-*Strip capsule.
+#+/-Open ureter.
+#Strip capsule.
+#'''L'''eft ureter is left '''l'''ong to tell apart the kidneys.
 ====Common pathologic findings====
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 ***Heme-granular casts in the lumen.
 ***Regenerative activity (mitoses).
+===Liver===
+*Portal vein patency.
+===Genitourinary-rectal pluck===
+====Female<ref name=Ref_HospAuto130>{{Ref HospAuto|130}}</ref>====
+#Orient rectum down, bladder up.
+#Open bladder with scissors via urethra with cuts in sagittal plane.
+#Flip over specimen.
+#Open rectum with scissors with cuts in the sagittal plane.
+#Flip over specimen.
+#Open vagina with cuts on its lateral aspect.
+#Open cervix & uterus with cuts on its lateral aspect.
+#Bisect ovaries.
+====Male====
+#Orient rectum down, bladder up.
+#Open bladder with scissors via urethra/prostate with cuts in sagittal plane.
+#Serially section prostate in the planes defined by the axis of the urethra.
+#Flip over specimen.
+#Open rectum with scissors with cuts in the sagittal plane.
 ==Skull==