Table 3.

Reported autopsy findings from outbreaks of BA poisoning in China [2]

Organ	Macropathology	Micropathology
Liver	Glossless, hemorrhages on surface	Centrilobular necrosis, swelling, fatty degeneration
Kidney	Enlargement, adipose hemorrhage, thick cortex, medullar hyperemia, surface hemorrhage	Proximal and distal convoluted tubule cell disruption, granular and hyaline casts
Brain	Pia-arachnoid hyperemia, edema, herniation	Neuron degeneration, cerebellar necrosis
Heart	Left sided enlargement and dilation, hemorrhage on endocardium and epicardium	Swelling/hypertrophy of the myocardium, vacuolation, granular degeneration, nuclear damage
Lung	Pleural hemorrhage, hyperemia, edema, atelectasis	Expanded alveoli with red blood cells, monocytes, phagocytes, and leukocytes
Gastrointestinal	Lymphadenectasis, microhemorrhage, stomach dilation, incomplete mucous membranes	Edema, hemorrhage, necrosis
Spleen	Swelling	Stasis