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*May have cleft or foramen - as an anatomical variant.<ref name=pmid10803333>{{cite journal |author=Fokin AA |title=Cleft sternum and sternal foramen |journal=Chest Surg. Clin. N. Am. |volume=10 |issue=2 |pages=261–76 |year=2000 |month=May |pmid=10803333 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | *May have cleft or foramen - as an anatomical variant.<ref name=pmid10803333>{{cite journal |author=Fokin AA |title=Cleft sternum and sternal foramen |journal=Chest Surg. Clin. N. Am. |volume=10 |issue=2 |pages=261–76 |year=2000 |month=May |pmid=10803333 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | ||
===Blood clots - ''pre- and post-mortem''=== | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
|'''Feature/time''' | |||
|'''Pre-mortem''' | |||
|'''Post-mortem''' | |||
|- | |||
|Shininess | |||
| dull | |||
| shiny | |||
|- | |||
|Adherent to wall | |||
| yes | |||
| no | |||
|- | |||
|Colour | |||
| grey; may have zebraic <br>appearance (lines of Zahn) - <br>red alt. with grey/yellow | |||
| dark purple ''or''<br> bilayered red/yellow | |||
|- | |||
|Pressurized | |||
| yes; "ejects itself" from lumen | |||
| no; needs to be pulled-out | |||
|- | |||
|Consistency <br>-elastic modulus (E)<br>-fracture toughness (K) | |||
| firm (high E)<br> brittle (low K) | |||
| jello (low E)<br> elastic (high K) | |||
|- | |||
|Image - gross | |||
| [http://www.pathguy.com/lectures/waut033.jpg thrombus (pathguy.com)], <br>[http://www.thrombosisadviser.com/en/image.php?image=thrombus-right-atrial-appendage-pathology&category=atherothrombosis thrombus (thrombosisadviser.com)] | |||
| [http://www.meddean.luc.edu/lumen/meded/MEDICINE/PULMONAR/IMAGES/leischne/L3.JPG coronary thrombus (luc.edu)]<ref>URL: [http://www.meddean.luc.edu/lumen/meded/mech/cases/case1/list.htm http://www.meddean.luc.edu/lumen/meded/mech/cases/case1/list.htm]. Accessed on 8 October 2010.</ref> | |||
|- | |||
|Image - micro. | |||
| [http://www.elsevier.es/ficheros/images/255/255v62n10/origen/255v62n10-13142654fig1.jpg pre- & post-mortem (elsevier.es)]<ref>URL: [http://www.elsevier.es/cardio_eng/ctl_servlet?_f=40&ident=13142654 http://www.elsevier.es/cardio_eng/ctl_servlet?_f=40&ident=13142654]. Accessed on: 8 October 2010.</ref> | |||
| [http://eurheartj.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2010/01/12/eurheartj.ehp557/F3.expansion.html thrombus (oxfordjournals.org)], <br>[http://pathhsw5m54.ucsf.edu/cts/unknown16/thrombi.html thrombi (ucsf.edu)] | |||
|} | |||
==Spleen== | ==Spleen== | ||