Table 1.

Summary of clinicopathological information on autopsy cases used in this study

Case	Age/sex	Clinical diagnosis	Site of specimen
1	72/male	Pituitary adenoma	CNS
2	57/male	Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis	CNS
3	82/male	Cerebral hemorrhage	CNS
4	83/female	Sepsis	CNS
5	80/female	Lacunar infarction	CNS
6	83/female	Cerebellar hemorrhage	CNS
7	60/female	Chronic renal failure	CNS
8	57/male	Burger disease	Sympathetic ganglion
9	49/male	Ischemia of lower leg	Sympathetic ganglion
10	51/male	Gastric cancer	Auerbach's plexus
11	61/female	Colon cancer	Auerbach's plexus
12	57/male	Respiratory failure	Adrenal medulla
13	79/male	Metastatic cancer	Cerebrum
14	70/male	Subacute infarction	Cerebrum
15	98/male	Subacute infarction	Cerebrum
16	91/male	Subacute infarction	Cerebellum
17	72/female	Old infarction	Cerebrum
18	98/male	Old infarction	Cerebrum
19	74/male	Old infarction	Cerebellum
20	62/male	Multiple system atrophy	Pons

Central nervous system (CNS) includes cerebrum, cerebellum, brain stem, and spinal cord. In cases 1–12, the examined areas were shown to be within normal limits. There was no lesion of hemorrhage, infarction, tumor, or neurodegeneration. In case 2, abnormal lesions were almost limited to the spinal cord and motor nucleus of the brain stem, and the cerebrum and cerebellum were shown to be within normal limits.