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==Autopsy== | ==Autopsy== | ||
===Autopsy processing=== | ===Autopsy processing=== | ||
*In [[autopsy]], make a couple of cuts through the adrenal glands, such as transversal ones, and look mainly for tumors. | *In [[autopsy]], make a couple of cuts through the adrenal glands, such as transversal ones, and look mainly for tumors (see separate section below). | ||
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File:Histopathology of adrenal cortical necrosis.jpg|Adrenal '''cortical necrosis'''. Hemorrhage, fibrin thrombi and short postmortem interval indicate ante-mortem necrosis, otherwise it can be regarded as a postmortem change.<ref>[https://books.google.se/books?id=DuNTznUH8ZkC&pg=PA120 Page 120] in: {{cite book | last=Rutty | first=Guy | title=Essentials of autopsy practice | publisher=Springer | publication-place=London New York | year=2001 | isbn=978-1-85233-541-0 | oclc=44769560 | ref=harv}}</ref> | File:Histopathology of adrenal cortical necrosis.jpg|Adrenal '''cortical necrosis'''. Hemorrhage, fibrin thrombi and short postmortem interval indicate ante-mortem necrosis, otherwise it can be regarded as a postmortem change.<ref>[https://books.google.se/books?id=DuNTznUH8ZkC&pg=PA120 Page 120] in: {{cite book | last=Rutty | first=Guy | title=Essentials of autopsy practice | publisher=Springer | publication-place=London New York | year=2001 | isbn=978-1-85233-541-0 | oclc=44769560 | ref=harv}}</ref> | ||
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*Minimal: Adrenal glands are normal bilaterally. | *Minimal: Adrenal glands are normal bilaterally. | ||
*Moderate length: Adrenal glands are ordinarily configured and with no definable focal changes on cut surfaces. | *Moderate length: Adrenal glands are ordinarily configured and with no definable focal changes on cut surfaces. | ||
==Adrenal tumors== | |||
[[File:Incidences and prognoses of adrenal tumors.png|thumb|240px|Incidences and prognoses of adrenal tumors,<ref>Data and references for pie chart are located at [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Incidences_and_prognoses_of_adrenal_tumors.png file description page in Wikimedia Commons.]</ref>.]] | |||
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File:Histopathology of a pheochromocytoma with coagulative necrosis, annotated.jpg|Histopathology of a '''pheochromocytoma''' with coagulative necrosis, displayed at gross pathology (upper left) and light microscopy at low (upper right), medium (lower left) and high magnification (lower right). | |||
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