Exposure reduction in COVID-19 autopsies
Autops. Case Rep; 10 (3), 2020
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Disseminated cryptococcosis and hemochromatosis: clues to diagnosis
Autops. Case Rep; 10 (3), 2020
Hepatic cirrhosis, diabetes mellitus and iron overload can each independently predispose to cryptococcosis. Hereditary hemochromatosis leads to all three of these predispositions. This report is the case of a patient with chronic hepatitis B virus infection and cirrhosis, who had markedly elevated serum ...
Giant cell myocarditis causing sudden death in a patient with sarcoidosis
Autops. Case Rep; 10 (4), 2020
Giant cell myocarditis (GCM) is a rare and rapidly fatal cardiovascular condition most often seen in young adults. It is characterized microscopically by myocardial necrosis with multinucleated giant cells in the absence of well-defined granulomas. This disorder has typically been attributed to manifest ...
Luigi Bogliolo: master of a glorious lineage
Autops. Case Rep; 10 (4), 2020
A case of dual left anterior descending artery with myocardial infarction
Autops. Case Rep; 10 (4), 2020
The Left anterior descending artery (LAD) is a branch of the left main coronary artery which runs obliquely towards the apex of the heart in the anterior interventricular sulcus. Among all of the coronary arteries, the LAD artery has the most constant course. Amongst the anomalies of coronaries, the dupl...
Casos de tuberculose com notificação após o óbito no Brasil, 2014: um estudo descritivo com base nos dados de vigilância
Epidemiol. serv. saúde; 29 (5), 2020
Objetivo: Caracterizar os casos com notificação pós-óbito da tuberculose no Brasil em 2014. Métodos: Estudo descritivo dos casos de tuberculose com notificação pós-óbito. Os dados são resultantes da vinculação do Sistema de Informação de Agravos de Notificação (Sinan-TB) com o Sistema de...
Gestational gigantomastia with fatal outcome
Autops. Case Rep; 10 (4), 2020
Gigantomastia is a rare disease defined by an extreme and rapid enlargement of the breast, generally bilateral. The majority of cases are reported in pregnant women. Ninety-eight cases of gestational gigantomastia have been identified in electronic databases, and those with fatal outcomes comprised only ...
A rare presentation of Sinonasal Undifferentiated Carcinoma with brain metastasis and para-aortic mass
Autops. Case Rep; 10 (4), 2020
Sinonasal Undifferentiated carcinoma (SNUC) comprises 3% of the head and neck tumors, including metastatic neoplasms. Herein we report the case of a 60-year-old male who was brought dead to our institute with previous records of a contrast-enhanced CT scan of the brain and MRI with evidence of tumor in t...
The grim reaper evading modern medicine: aspergillosis, adenovirus, and Hodgkin lymphoma
Autops. Case Rep; 10 (4), 2020
Illustrative cases of diseases that are difficult to suspect and diagnose can serve as useful reminders. Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis and adenovirus hepatitis are two such diseases, both revealed by autopsy in this case of Hodgkin lymphoma refractory to chemotherapy treated with allogeneic hematopoie...
Congenital presentation of synchronous Atypical Teratoid Rhabdoid Tumor and Malignant Rhabdoid Tumor of the urinary bladder in a term infant
Autops. Case Rep; 10 (4), 2020
Atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor (AT/RT) is a rare central nervous system (CNS) tumor diagnosed primarily in infants and usually portends a poor prognosis. Despite being the most common embryonal tumor in children less than 1 year old, diagnosis is difficult to make based on clinical findings or imaging ...