title: Pulmonary pathology at necropsy.
abstract: A simple method of perfusion of the lungs at necropsy was used in a series of 293 necropsies. The lungs were examined 24-48 hours after fixation. Two hundred and eighty-eight cases (98.3 percent) showed abnormalities and 92 of them (31 percent) showed multiple pathology. Unexpected pulmonary thrombo-embolic disease was found in 38 cases (12.9 percent) and the lungs were normal in only five cases (1.7 percent). The technique is simple and is advocated as a means of investigating lung pathology at necropsy.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001344:Autopsy; D005260:Female; D005557:Formaldehyde; D006652:Histological Techniques; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009520:New Zealand; D010477:Perfusion
chemical_list: D005557:Formaldehyde