Table 2.
Summary of major pathologic findings at autopsy.
Case | Cause of death | Major pathologic findings |
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Lung | Heart | Kidneys | Liver | Brain | LN | Spleen | ||
1 | COVID-19 pneumonia with AP | DAD AP |
HTN | ATN ANS |
none | HTN Infarcts Microthrombi |
HP | TNA |
2 | COVID-19 pneumonia with AP | DAD AP |
HTN | none | none | Acute ischemia Microthrombi |
none | TNA |
3 | COVID-19 pneumonia with AP | DAD AP |
HTN Ischemia |
none | none | Acute ischemia | HP | HP |
4 | COVID-19 pneumonia | DAD | HTN | none | none | HTN | TNA | TNA |
5 | COVID-19 pneumonia | DAD | HTN | none | ischemia | TNA | TNA | HP |
6 | COVID-19 pneumonia | DAD | HTN | none | ischemia | Thrombi Infarction |
HP | HP |
7 | COVID-19 pneumonia | DAD | HTN | ANS | none | HTN | HP | HP |
8 | COVID-19 pneumonia | DAD | HTN | ESRD | none | HTN | HP | HP |
9 | COVID-19 pneumonia | DAD | HTN | ATN | cirrhosis | Microthrombi | none | HP |
10 | COVID-19 pneumonia | DAD | HTN Severe AS |
ESRD | none | TNA | TNA | TNA |
11 | COVID-19 pneumonia | DAD | HTN | none | none | Thrombi Infarcts |
none | none |
12 | COVID-19 pneumonia | DAD | HTN | none | none | TNA | none | TNA |
13 | COVID-19 pneumonia complicated by multiorgan failure | DAD | HTN | none | none | TNA | none | TNA |
14 | COVID-19 pneumonia | DAD | HTN | none | none | NTA | None | TNA |
Abbreviations: DAD, diffuse alveolar damage; AP, acute pneumonia; HTN, hypertensive changes; TNA, tissue not available; ANS, acute nephrotic syndrome; HP, hemophagocytosis; ESRD, end-stage renal disease; AS, atherosclerosis.