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Revision as of 13:06, 2 July 2020

Author: Mikael Häggström [note 1]

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.

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

  1. 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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References

  1. Page 120 in: Rutty, Guy (2001). Essentials of autopsy practice . London New York: Springer. ISBN 978-1-85233-541-0. OCLC 44769560. 

Image sources