SARS-CoV-2-related deaths in routine forensic autopsy practice: histopathological patterns.
Int J Legal Med
; 134(6): 2205-2208, 2020 Nov.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-621065
ABSTRACT
"Severe acute respiratory syndrome" (SARS) due to coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) infection is a well-known cause of death. Sometimes, demise can occur unexpectedly in apparently previous healthy individual after a brief period of trivial flu-like symptoms. In these doubtful cases, the forensic pathologist could be requested to define the cause of death occurred outside the hospital. In this report, the authors describe two autopsied cases of SARS-CoV-2-related deaths which occurred suddenly at home and were not preceded by hospitalization, highlighting associated histopathologic patterns and correlating them to pathophysiology of viral infection.
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International databases
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pneumonia, Viral
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Coronavirus Infections
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Betacoronavirus
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Lung
Type of study:
Case report
Limits:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Middle aged
Language:
English
Journal:
Int J Legal Med
Journal subject:
Jurisprudence
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
S00414-020-02354-5
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