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. 2014 Mar 14;14:141. doi: 10.1186/1471-2334-14-141

Table 4.

Summary of macroscopic findings of organs

  Patient 1 Patient 3 Patient 4 Patient 5
Fluid accumulation
Ascitic – 1200 ml
Blood stained
Ascites – 1500 ml
Blood stained
PlE – 1000 ml
Ascites –1800 ml
PlE – 800 ml
Ascites – 1000 ml
 
PlE – 300 ml
PeE – 100 ml
PlE – 1500 ml
Liver
Enlarged Congested
Congested
Enlarged Congested
Congested
Subcapsular haemorrage
Subcapsular haemorrage
Petechial haemorrage
Gastrointestinal tract
Eso. and stomach
Stomach and mesentery
Stomach and mesentery
Stomach and SI
- Congested
- Petechiae
- Petechiae
- Haemorrhagic Area
- Pin point haemorrage
- Haemorrhagic spots
- Haemorrhagic Spots
 
Heart
Normal
Increased adiposity
LVH Congested
Epicardial haemorrhagic patches
Brain
Normal
Normal
Normal
Normal
Lung
No haemorrhage
Congested
Trachea- Petichiae
Interstital pneumonia
Petichiae
No haemorrhage
Kidney & supra renals Congested Haemorrhage in both renal pelvices
Petechial haemorrhage Congested
Supra renal glands – petechial haemorrhgaes

PlE – pleural effusion, PeE-pericardial effusion, Eso- oesophagus, SI-small intestine, LVH-left ventricular hypertrophy.