A five year study of lung lesions in medico-legal autopsies from a pathologist's perspective
Journal Title: IP Journal of Diagnostic Pathology and Oncology - Year 2018, Vol 3, Issue 4
Abstract
Introduction A wide variety of pathologic conditions involve the lungs The lungs are also involved in almost all terminal events of cardiovascular disease Autopsy is important not only to determine the state of lungs at death but also to study the morphology of various diseases Aims and objectives of study are to identify the histopathological spectrum of lung lesions and to find out the frequency of various lung pathologies in respect to age and sexMaterials and Methods This was a retrospective study of medico legal autopsies over a period of five years The lung tissue was fixed and processed Routine paraffin sectioning was done followed by Haematoxylin and eosin H and E staining Special stains were done when required Relevant clinical postmortem findings gross and microscopic examination findings were recordedResults After thorough histopathological examinations of total 412 cases various pulmonary lesions were identified in 349 846 cases in 23 56 of cases tissue was autolysed and 40 98 of cases were histologically unremarkable Most commonly affected age group was 3049 years with males being predominantly affected The changes seen were Congestion edema 116 332 pneumonia 68196 interstitial changes 52 151 emphysema 26 75 chronic venous congestion 30 86 abscess 11 haemorrhage 64 tuberculosis 1133 bronchiolitis 3 08 asthama 205 ARDS 7 19 lung cysts 2 05Conclusions Though the pulmonary diseases are commonly encountered clinically studying of lung tissues submitted for autopsy not only gives us an insight into the histology of varying stages of different diseases but also is an important educative tool for the forensic pathologistsKeywords Edema and congestion Pneumonia Tuberculosis Autopsy Histopathology
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Vijaya C. , Archana Shetty
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