48,453
edits
Difference between revisions of "Autopsy"
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
m
→Common pathologic findings
m (→Skull & brain: w) |
|||
| Line 259: | Line 259: | ||
====Common pathologic findings==== | ====Common pathologic findings==== | ||
*Size of the kidney - small kidneys are seen in chronic renal failure. | *Size of the kidney - small kidneys are seen in chronic renal failure. | ||
**Normal adult kidney ~11 cm from pole-to-pole.<ref name=pmid20030823>{{Cite journal | last1 = Glodny | first1 = B. | last2 = Unterholzner | first2 = V. | last3 = Taferner | first3 = B. | last4 = Hofmann | first4 = KJ. | last5 = Rehder | first5 = P. | last6 = Strasak | first6 = A. | last7 = Petersen | first7 = J. | title = Normal kidney size and its influencing factors - a 64-slice MDCT study of 1.040 asymptomatic patients. | journal = BMC Urol | volume = 9 | issue = | pages = 19 | month = | year = 2009 | doi = 10.1186/1471-2490-9-19 | PMID = 20030823 | URL = http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2490/9/19 }}</ref> | |||
*Nephrosclerosis: | *Nephrosclerosis: | ||
**''Flea-bitten appearance'' - seen in [[hypertension]].<ref name=pmid9356598>{{Cite journal | last1 = Ono | first1 = H. | last2 = Ono | first2 = Y. | title = Nephrosclerosis and hypertension. | journal = Med Clin North Am | volume = 81 | issue = 6 | pages = 1273-88 | month = Nov | year = 1997 | doi = | PMID = 9356598 }}</ref> | **''Flea-bitten appearance'' - seen in [[hypertension]].<ref name=pmid9356598>{{Cite journal | last1 = Ono | first1 = H. | last2 = Ono | first2 = Y. | title = Nephrosclerosis and hypertension. | journal = Med Clin North Am | volume = 81 | issue = 6 | pages = 1273-88 | month = Nov | year = 1997 | doi = | PMID = 9356598 }}</ref> | ||