Table 3.
Scores of histological and gross macroscopic findings at autopsy
| Histological scoring | Patients |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1° | 2° | 3° | 4° | 5+ | 6+ | 7+ | 8+ | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | |
| Lung1 | |||||||||||||||
| Endotheliitis2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Fibrin thrombi2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Leucocytic thrombi2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Infarction | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Bronchopneumonia2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Macroscopic thrombi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Heart1 | |||||||||||||||
| Endotheliitis2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Fibrin thrombi2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Leucocytic thrombi2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| All organ systems | |||||||||||||||
| Involved organs | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Endotheliitis in different organs2, 3 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Necrosis in different organs | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Patients 9–15 died due to other causes. COVID-19, coronavirus disease 2019.
1
Pooled low intensity score 1 versus high intensity score 3.
2
Microscopic evaluation only.
3
Sum score of all affected organs.
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Patients of the first COVID-19 wave, death due to COVID-19.
+
Patients of second COVID-19 wave, death due to COVID-19.