Maternal Hypertension and Early Atherosclerotic Lesions in Aortas of Deceased Fetuses and Neonates by Janet María Capote-Santa Cruz Pacheco, Carmen Teresa Peraza Méndez, Marlene Ferrer Arrocha, Lisandra Álvarez de la Nuez, Belkis Ortega de la Campa, Mirian Castro Ortega

“…<br /><strong>Method:</strong> a descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out that included fetuses older than 22 weeks and deceased neonates born to hypertensive mothers, who underwent autopsy in the pathological anatomy department of the Eusebio Hernández Pérez Gynecobstetric University Hospital, in the period between January 2021 and December 2022, with a total of 18. …”
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Congenital Chylothorax: Case Report by Egemen Tolunay, Bulut Varlı, Fırat Tülek, Emre Pabuçcu, Şerife Esra Çetinkaya, Korhan Kahraman, Acar Koç

“…Rarely, congenital malformations of the thoracic duct and variational changes of embryonic lymphatic network were reported after autopsy. Some cases of chylothorax are found to be associated with Turner, Down and Noonan syndromes. …”
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Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) with Acute Nephritis, Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody- (ANCA-) Associated Vasculitis, and Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (TTP): A Rare C... by Sohail Farshad, Christopher Kanaan, Solomiia Savedchuk, Dillon S. Karmo, Alexandra Halalau, Abhishek Swami

“…Laboratory tests later showed ADAMTS13 activity less than 10% consistent with TTP and p-antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA) positivity. Autopsy revealed small-vessel vasculitis of the visceral organs. …”
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Spontaneous Complete Regression of Colon Cancer Liver Metastases in a Lung Transplant Patient: A Case Report by Koen Zwart, Dieuwertje Ruigrok, Magda de Graaf-Bos, Roel Goldschmeding, Miriam Koopman, Guus M. Bol

“…Unfortunately, the patient developed rejection of her lung transplant and succumbed to pulmonary disease six months following her cancer diagnosis. The autopsy confirmed the primary colon tumor location and complete regression of >40 liver metastases. …”
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Pedunculated Cecal Lipoma Causing Colo-Colonic Intussusception: A Rare Case Report by Stefanos Atmatzidis, Grigoris Chatzimavroudis, Aristidis Patsas, Basilis Papaziogas, Spiros Kapoulas, Stelios Kalaitzis, Ananias Ananiadis, John Makris, Konstantinos Atmatzidis

“…Colonic lipomas are uncommon nonepithelial neoplasms that are typically sessile, asymptomatic and incidentally found during endoscopy, surgery, or autopsy. We present a very rare case of a 34-year-old female patient with symptomatic pedunculated cecal lipoma causing intermittent colo-colonic intussusception. …”
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Suicide deaths in south and south-east districts of Delhi during pre- and post-COVID-19 period - A comparative analysis by Kumkum Singh, Ravneet Kaur, Chittaranjan Behera, Yatan P. S. Balhara, Ruchika Kaushik

“…We collected data from police inquest papers, medical records, and the evaluation of autopsy reports. Post-COVID-19 data for suicide deaths were collected from April 2020 and March 2023. …”
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INFLUENCE OF EXO- AND ENDOGENOUS FACTORS ON THE MORPHOLOGICAL AND FUNCTIONAL STATE OF THE SPLEEN AS AN IMPORTANT MEDICAL AND SOCIAL PROBLEM OF THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM by O.V. Mamai, S.M. Bilash, R.M. Grinko

“…Changes in the spleen are also known to occur in the setting of death from anaphylaxis, drowning, and sepsis. Autopsy of the spleen plays an important role in toxicological research. …”
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Diaphragmatic Amyloidosis Causing Respiratory Failure: A Case Report and Review of Literature by Aleksey Novikov, Horatio Holzer, Robert A. DeSimone, Ghaith Abu-Zeinah, David J. Pisapia, Tomer M. Mark, Raymond D. Pastore

“…Despite treatment attempts, the patient passed away in the intensive care unit from hypercapnic respiratory failure. Autopsy revealed dense diaphragmatic amyloid deposits without phrenic nerve infiltration or demyelination or lung parenchymal involvement. …”
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Mediators of monocyte chemotaxis and matrix remodeling are associated with mortality and pulmonary fibroproliferation in patients with severe COVID-19. by Sarah E Holton, Mallorie Mitchem, Hamid Chalian, Sudhakar Pipavath, Eric D Morrell, Pavan K Bhatraju, Jessica A Hamerman, Cate Speake, Uma Malhotra, Mark M Wurfel, Steven E Ziegler, Carmen Mikacenic

“…Pulmonary fibrosis following COVID-19 pneumonia has been described at autopsy and following lung transplantation. We hypothesized that protein mediators of tissue remodeling and monocyte chemotaxis are elevated in the plasma and endotracheal aspirates of critically ill patients with COVID-19 who subsequently develop features of pulmonary fibroproliferation. …”
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TDP-43 as a potential retinal biomarker for neurodegenerative diseases by Margit Glashutter, Margit Glashutter, Printha Wijesinghe, Joanne A. Matsubara, Joanne A. Matsubara

“…A major limitation of human autopsy studies is the lack of corresponding brain pathology assessments to confirm TDP-43 proteinopathy diagnosis and staging. …”
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Immunohistochemistry for (Pro)renin Receptor in Humans by Satoshi Morimoto, Noriko Morishima, Daisuke Watanabe, Yoichiro Kato, Noriyuki Shibata, Atsuhiro Ichihara

“…Systemic immunohistochemical examination of (pro)renin receptor expression was performed in whole body organs of autopsy cases. (Pro)renin receptor immunostaining was observed in the cytoplasm of cells in almost all human organs. …”
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Doble mecanismo de sofocación homicida. A propósito de un caso by Yaima González Cabrera, Yunier Riverol González, Dayami Llanes Pulido

“…According to police data, it was learned that her husband left the house, returning 24 hours later, realizing that she was tied by the neck to a rope that was hanging from a beam on the ceiling, and a cloth was inserted into her mouth. she. During the autopsy, hemorrhagic infiltrates were found in the skull, neck, and bilateral supraclavicular region; the hyoid bone was fractured in the greater horn and an ecchymosis at the base of the tongue. …”
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Inverse Relationship Between Leydig Cell Density and Metastatic Potential of Prostatic Adenocarcinoma by W. John Wang, Y. Albert Yeh, Paul Stout, Kang Fan

“…Thirty‐eight age‐compatible autopsy cases who died of unrelated causes served as normal controls. …”
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Cathepsin C Is Involved in Macrophage M1 Polarization via p38/MAPK Pathway in Sudden Cardiac Death by Jialin Dai, Jiangjin Liu, Qiong Zhang, Yang An, Bing Xia, Changwu Wan, Yuanyuan Zhang, Yanni Yu, Jie Wang

“…It provides a proteomic analysis of human left anterior descending coronary artery from subjects diagnosed with SCD through histological examination and cases of nondisease accidental deaths through autopsy. A total of 2784 proteins were obtained from label-free quantitative proteomic analysis. …”
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A Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor of the Stomach Demonstrating a Stepwise Progression from Low- to High-Grade Malignancy by Takahiko Nakajima, Tomonori Ushijima, Atsushi Kihara, Kenichiro Murata, Toshiro Sugiyama, Koichi Tsuneyama, Johji Imura, Junichi Fukushima, Hajime Horiuchi

“…The patient followed an unfavorable clinical course and died of liver dysfunction 55 months after surgery. Autopsy was performed. By comparing the immunohistochemical profiles of primary and metastatic tumors, it was established that only the tumor cells with highly aggressive characteristics had metastasized.…”
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APOEε4 alters ApoE and Fabp7 in frontal cortex white matter in prodromal Alzheimer's disease by Marta Moreno-Rodriguez, Sylvia E. Perez, Michael Malek-Ahmadi, Elliott J. Mufson

“…To evaluate the effects of APOEε4 on ApoE, Fabp7 and myelin in the WM of the frontal cortex (FC), we examined individuals carrying one ε4 allele that came to autopsy with a premortem clinical diagnosis of no cognitive impairment (NCI), mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and mild to moderate AD compared with non-carrier counterparts. …”
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Hemophagocytic Syndrome-Associated Variant of Methotrexate-Associated Intravascular Large B-Cell Lymphoma in a Rheumatoid Arthritis Patient by Yukiko Komeno, Minako Akiyama, Yasumi Okochi, Hitoshi Tokuda, Keiko Abe, Kuniko Iihara, Tomiko Ryu

“…Although salvage chemotherapy (CHASER), whole brain irradiation, and intrathecal injection of cytarabine and prednisolone were temporarily effective, he died. Autopsy revealed infiltration of lymphoma cells in the brain and adrenal glands. …”
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Private sector delivery of care for maternal and newborn health: trends over a decade in the Indian state of Bihar by G. Anil Kumar, Sibin George, Moutushi Majumder, S. Siva Prasad Dora, Md Akbar, Tanmay Mahapatra, Rakhi Dandona

“…Methods Women aged 15–49 years with livebirths were interviewed in three household surveys involving state-representative samples in 2011, 2016 and 2020–2021 designed to document the coverage of maternal and newborn health services and change in NMR over time. Verbal autopsy interviews were used to assign the cause of neonatal death. …”
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Toll-like receptor upregulation in liver and peripheral blood mononuclear cells of patients with amoebic liver abscess by Sandhya Khunger, Abhishek Mewara, Upninder Kaur, Ajay Duseja, Pallab Ray, Naveen Kalra, Navneet Sharma, Rakesh Sehgal

“…Methods and results: Liver aspirates from 100 ALA patients and 11 liver autopsy samples were used as negative controls. Blood samples from 100 ALA and 41 healthy individuals were collected. mRNA expression of TLR 1 to 9 genes was measured using reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). …”
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Inflammatory microglia correlate with impaired oligodendrocyte maturation in multiple sclerosis by J. Q. Alida Chen, Dennis D. Wever, Niamh B. McNamara, Morjana Bourik, Joost Smolders, Jörg Hamann, Jörg Hamann, Inge Huitinga, Inge Huitinga

“…A cohort of MS donors categorized as efficiently remyelinating donors (ERDs; n=25) or poorly remyelinating donors (PRDs; n=17) was included, based on their proportion of remyelinated lesions at autopsy.Results and discussionWe hypothesized more CD163+ microglia and BCAS1+ oligodendrocytes in remyelinated and active non-foamy lesions from ERDs and more iNOS+ microglia with fewer BCAS1+ oligodendrocytes in active foamy lesions from PRDs. …”
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