Aspiration in autopsy

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Author: Mikael Häggström [note 1]
In case foreign material is found in lung autopsy, check whether CPR has been performed. Foreign material in bronchioles but not in alveoli in a patient who has received CPR suggests a post-CRP finding rather than a primary cause of death.

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Histopathology of aspiration
Histopathology of aspiration
In bronchioles there are plant-like cells together with fragments of respiratory epithelium, but alveoli are clear, indicating a post-CPR finding.

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