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Lung autopsy

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→‎Gross evaluation: +Normal weight
*A spongy consistency and reddish (blood-stained) fluid being pressed from the parenchyma, indicates acute congestion.<ref name=Beattie2014/>
*A brownish or dark reddish color of the fluid pressed from the parenchyma indicates chronic congestion, and may not have a spongy consistency.<ref name=Beattie2014/>
 
Normal weight:
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! !! Left !! Right
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! Men<ref name="MolinaDiMaio2012">{{cite journal|last1=Molina|first1=D. Kimberley|last2=DiMaio|first2=Vincent J.M.|title=Normal Organ Weights in Men|journal=The American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology|volume=33|issue=4|year=2012|pages=368–372|issn=0195-7910|doi=10.1097/PAF.0b013e31823d29ad}}</ref>
| 112-675g || 155-720g
|-
! Women<ref name="MolinaDiMaio2015">{{cite journal|last1=Molina|first1=D. Kimberley|last2=DiMaio|first2=Vincent J. M.|title=Normal Organ Weights in Women|journal=The American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology|volume=36|issue=3|year=2015|pages=182–187|issn=0195-7910|doi=10.1097/PAF.0000000000000175}}</ref>
| 105-515g || 101-589g
|}
 
{{Fixation - standard}}
{{Fixation - general notes}}

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