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# [[Pituitary]]. | # [[Pituitary]]. | ||
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===Adrenal gland=== | ===Adrenal gland=== | ||
*Centre regresses. | *Centre regresses. | ||
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*Can be access with ''oil red O'' staining. | *Can be access with ''oil red O'' staining. | ||
The pattern of adrenal fat is informative about intrauterine demise:<ref>{{cite journal |author=Becker MJ, Becker AE |title=Fat distribution in the adrenal cortex as an indication of the mode of intrauterine death |journal=Hum. Pathol. |volume=7 |issue=5 |pages=495–504 |year=1976 |month=September |pmid=964978 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | The pattern of adrenal fat is informative about duration of stress prior to (intrauterine) demise:<ref>{{cite journal |author=Becker MJ, Becker AE |title=Fat distribution in the adrenal cortex as an indication of the mode of intrauterine death |journal=Hum. Pathol. |volume=7 |issue=5 |pages=495–504 |year=1976 |month=September |pmid=964978 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | ||
*Pattern I: scant fat/fat only close to medullary zone; acute | *Pattern I: scant fat/fat only close to medullary zone; acute death/no stress reaction. | ||
*Pattern II: widespread fat; | *Pattern II: widespread fat; subacute death/moderate stress reaction. | ||
*Pattern III: massive fat - fetal zone and cortex; | *Pattern III: massive fat - fetal zone and cortex; chronic death/marked stress reaction. | ||
===Kidney=== | ===Kidney=== | ||