Atlas of Forensic Pathology

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Contents

Chronic Rheumatic Mitral Valvulitis............................................................110 Autopsy Findings.............................................................................................110 Potential Mimic................................................................................................110 Endocarditis. .............................................................................................. 111 Autopsy Findings.............................................................................................111 Associations of Endocarditis............................................................................111 Pericarditis.................................................................................................. 113 Autopsy Findings.............................................................................................113 Etiologies of Pericarditis..................................................................................113 Myocarditis................................................................................................. 114 Autopsy Findings.............................................................................................114 Mimics of Myocarditis......................................................................................115 Cardiomyopathies...................................................................................... 116 Autopsy Findings.............................................................................................116 Association With Sudden Death......................................................................117 Mimics of Cardiomyopathy..............................................................................117 Coronary Artery Anomalies Associated With Sudden Cardiac Death.......118 Autopsy Findings: Anomalous Origin of a Coronary Artery............................118 Association With Sudden Death......................................................................118 Autopsy Findings: Tunneling/Bridging of Coronary Artery..............................119 Association With Sudden Death......................................................................119 Lipomatous Hypertrophy of the Interatrial Septum...................................119 Association With Sudden Death......................................................................120 Non-Ischemic Left Ventricular Scar............................................................120 Autopsy Findings.............................................................................................120 Associated With Sudden Death.......................................................................120 Lesions of the Cardiac Conduction System...............................................120 Introduction. .................................................................................................... 120 Atrioventricular Nodal Artery Dysplasia....................................................121 Autopsy Findings.............................................................................................121 Association With Sudden Death......................................................................121 Incidental and Other Microscopic Findings in the Heart...........................121 Clusters of Lymphocytes..................................................................................121 Basophilic Degeneration..................................................................................122 Contraction Band Necrosis..............................................................................122 Natural Disease of the Respiratory System................................................123 Introduction. .................................................................................................... 123 Pneumonia. ................................................................................................ 123 Potential Mimics of Pneumonia.......................................................................123 Aspiration Pneumonia................................................................................125 Autopsy Findings.............................................................................................125 Mimics.............................................................................................................. 126 Emphysema................................................................................................ 126 Autopsy Findings.............................................................................................126 Asthma....................................................................................................... 127 Autopsy Findings.............................................................................................127 Incidental Microscopic Findings in the Lung..............................................128 Corpora Amylacea...........................................................................................128 Lentils............................................................................................................... 128 Pulmonary Chemodectoma (Mesothelial-Like Rest)........................................128 Natural Disease of the Hepatobiliary System............................................129 Introduction. .................................................................................................... 129 Diffuse Fatty Liver......................................................................................129 Autopsy Findings.............................................................................................129 Potential Mimics...............................................................................................131 Copyright © Wolters Kluwer, Inc. 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