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Revision as of 13:06, 2 July 2020
Author:
Mikael Häggström [note 1]
Contents
Main targets
Autopsy
Autopsy processing
- In autopsy, make a couple of cuts through the adrenal glands, such as transversal ones, and look mainly for adrenal tumors.
Adrenal cortical necrosis. Hemorrhage, fibrin thrombi and short postmortem interval indicate ante-mortem necrosis, otherwise it can be regarded as a postmortem change.[1]
Autopsy report
Normal status:
- Minimal: Adrenal glands are normal bilaterally.
- Moderate length: Adrenal glands are ordinarily configured and with no definable focal changes on cut surfaces.
Notes
- ↑ For a full list of contributors, see article history. Creators of images are attributed at the image description pages, seen by clicking on the images. See Patholines:Authorship for details.
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