Friday, February 25, 2011

What's the Diagnosis for Feb 25, 2011

This fell out of the pulmonary arteries of a person who died suddenly. What is it?? You can click on the image to make it larger.

8 comments:

  1. The structure looks somewhat organized, but there don't seem to be many vital cells included in it (most of all no granuocytes). I prefer some artifact (chicken-fat?) over a true thrombembolus. Or perhaps it is something really exquisite from the field of forensic pathology, of which I don't know much...

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  2. I have no idea; I think it is somewhat diffrent from typical thrombi. And the vessel wall seemed not to be intact...?

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  3. This is a postmortem blood clot. Notice the congealed collection of red blood cells marked by the asterisk. There is no fibrin and no inflammatory cells. The chicken fat appearance of these postmortem clots is due to the gravitational separation of blood components, marked by the arrow in this photo.To see a photo of a pulmonary embolus, follow this link:
    http://www.forensicneuropathology.com/blog_photos/Forensic_Pathology_Blog_2_25.html

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