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==Anatomy== | ==Anatomy== | ||
===General=== | |||
<gallery> | |||
File:Brain_autopsy_top_view.jpg | Brain: Top view | |||
File:Brain_autopsy_bottom_view.jpg | Brain: Bottom view | |||
File:Brain_autopsy_lateral_view.jpg | Brain: Lateral view | |||
File:Blausen 0104 Brain x-secs SectionalPlanes.png | Orientation planes | |||
</gallery> | |||
===Important=== | ===Important=== | ||
*Uncus (as in ''uncal herniation''). | *Uncus (as in ''uncal herniation''). | ||
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* Primary bone tumours - [[osteosarcoma]], osteochondroma, [[chondrosarcoma]]. | * Primary bone tumours - [[osteosarcoma]], osteochondroma, [[chondrosarcoma]]. | ||
* Mets (lung, breast, etc.). | * Mets (lung, breast, etc.). | ||
==Neuropathological dissection (autopsy)== | |||
Brain fixation after removal: Usually 14 days | |||
*Check brain for: | |||
** Lesions | |||
** edema (might be not visible but tissue is softer than normal) | |||
** hemorrhage | |||
** Discolorations | |||
** Asymmetry (midline shift) | |||
** herniation (subfalxial, uncal, tonsillar) | |||
** vascular abnormalities | |||
<gallery> | |||
File:MCA-Stroke-Brain-Human-2.JPG | Asymmetry (midline shift) indicating lesions (stroke, tumor) | |||
File:Brain_autopsy_hemorrhage_bottom_view.JPG | Brain hemorrhage | |||
File:Autopsy brain.jpg | Atrophy: widespread sulci, often seen in neurodegenerative diseases | |||
File:Alexander autopsy.jpg | Brown discolorations indicating demyelinisation | |||
</gallery> | |||
==Sampling - sections (autopsy)== | ==Sampling - sections (autopsy)== | ||