Atlas of Forensic Pathology

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Contents

Etiologies of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage at Autopsy........................................82 Potential Mimics of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage................................................83 Meningitis..................................................................................................... 84 Autopsy Findings...............................................................................................84 Potential Mimics.................................................................................................85 Osmotic Demyelination Syndrome (Central Pontine

and Extrapontine Myelinolysis)....................................................................86 Autopsy Findings...............................................................................................86 Association......................................................................................................... 86 Potential Mimics.................................................................................................86 Globus Pallidus/Basal Ganglia Necrosis.......................................................86 Autopsy Findings...............................................................................................86 Association of Globus Pallidus Necrosis............................................................87 Multiple Sclerosis.........................................................................................88 Autopsy Findings...............................................................................................88 Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy.............................................................88 Autopsy Findings...............................................................................................88 Seizure Disorder...........................................................................................89 Autopsy Findings...............................................................................................89 Association With Sudden Death........................................................................89 Alzheimer Disease........................................................................................90 Autopsy Findings...............................................................................................90 Diffuse Lewy Body Disease..........................................................................90 Autopsy Findings...............................................................................................90 Encephalitis.................................................................................................. 91 Autopsy Findings...............................................................................................91 Colloid Cyst..................................................................................................92 Autopsy Findings...............................................................................................92 Natural Disease of the Cardiovascular System............................................92 Introduction. ...................................................................................................... 92 Hypertensive Heart Disease.........................................................................93 Autopsy Findings...............................................................................................93 Association With Sudden Death........................................................................93 Coronary Artery Atherosclerosis..................................................................93 Autopsy Findings...............................................................................................93 Association of Coronary Artery Atherosclerosis With Sudden Death................96 Gross and Microscopic Aging of an Acute Myocardial Infarct...........................96 Complications of Acute Myocardial Infarct......................................................102 Aortic Dissection........................................................................................105 Autopsy Findings.............................................................................................105 Coronary Artery Dissection........................................................................105 Autopsy Findings.............................................................................................105 Associations..................................................................................................... 105 Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm......................................................................106 Autopsy Findings.............................................................................................106 Coronary Artery Aneurysm........................................................................107 Autopsy Findings.............................................................................................107 Associations..................................................................................................... 107 Aortic Stenosis...........................................................................................108 Autopsy Findings.............................................................................................108 Association With Sudden Death......................................................................108 Bicuspid Aortic Valve..................................................................................108 Autopsy Findings.............................................................................................108 Myxomatous Mitral Valve...........................................................................109 Autopsy Findings.............................................................................................109 Association With Sudden Death......................................................................110 Potential Mimics...............................................................................................110 Copyright © Wolters Kluwer, Inc. 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