Infective endocarditis (IE) is a microbial infection of the heart valves or the mural endocardium that leads to the formation of vegetations composed of thrombotic debris and microorganisms often associated with the destruction of the cardiac tissues. Most of the infections are bacterial (bacterial endoc...
Multicystic encephalomalacia is varying sized cystic lesions in the brain encountered in developing fetuses or infants. These cysts start at the periventricular area and may extend onto the cortex. The cause of the formation of these cystic lesions is secondary to an ischemic or hypoxic insult, which lea...
Pilato, Celeste Michelle;
Walker, Melissa Sue;
Nguyen, Andrea M;
Hanna, McKay Elizabeth;
Huang, Scott Lanxing;
Lutins, Erika Morgan;
Meredith, M. Alex;
Haar, Peter Jacob;
Thangarajh, Mathula;
Richard, Hope Theresa;
Chow, Woon Nam.
There is scant information about the comprehensive distribution of dystrophic muscles in muscular dystrophy. Despite different clinical presentations of muscular dystrophy, a recent multi-center study concluded that phenotypic distribution of dystrophic muscles is independent of clinical phenotype and su...
We present the first report of two rare yet remarkably similar autopsy cases of Kaposi sarcoma (KS) and intravascular human herpesvirus 8 (HHV8) positive lymphoproliferative disorder in renal transplant patients. It is well established that HHV8 infection causes Kaposi sarcoma (KS). More recently, it is ...
Abstract This is a case report about the only confirmed death in the State of Espírito Santo due to acute Chagas-related myocarditis in a 2-year-old child living in the rural area of Guarapari. He presented with fever, abdominal pain, headache, and vomiting, resulting in death 21 days after the presenta...
INTRODUCCIÓN: En 6 meses se notificaron más de 400 mil fallecidos por COVID-19. Han surgido múltiples investigaciones para comprender su etiopatogenia, siendo la autopsia médica uno de los mejores procedimientos para obtener información. Presentamos una revisión respecto a hallazgos post mortem pub...
COVID-19/patología,
Trombosis/patología,
Trombosis/diagnóstico,
Autopsia,
Pulmón/patología,
Riñón/patología,
Hígado/patología,
Reacción en Cadena de la Polimerasa,
ARN Viral/análisis,
COVID-19/diagnóstico,
COVID-19/mortalidad,
Pulmón/virología,
Riñón/virología,
Hígado/virología
Dyskeratosis congenita (DC) is a genetic syndrome with progressive multisystem involvement classically characterized by the clinical triad of oral leukoplakia, nail dystrophy, and reticular hyperpigmentation. Frequent complications are bone marrow failure, increased rate of malignancy, lung and liver dis...
Justificación:La autopsia es el procedimiento fundamental para determinar las causas de muerte, provee información crítica para ser correlacionada con la clínica, epidemiología y fisiopatolología de enfermedades con altas tasas de mortandad. Lo...
Introducción. La enterocolitis necrotizante es un trastorno caracterizado por la necrosis isquémica de la mucosa intestinal, es la enfermedad gastrointestinal más grave que afecta a los neonatos, con alta morbilidad y mortalidad, principalmente en prematuros. El objetivo del presente estudio es descri...
Introduction. Necrotizing entercolitis is a disorder characterized by the ischemic necrosis of intestinal mucosa. It is the most serious gastrointestinal disease affecting neonates, with high morbidity and mortality rates, mainly among premature newborns. The purpose of this study is to describe the clin...
