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SARS-CoV-2-related deaths in routine forensic autopsy practice: histopathological patterns

verfasst von: Antonio Tombolini, Roberto Scendoni

Erschienen in: International Journal of Legal Medicine | Ausgabe 6/2020

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Abstract

“Severe acute respiratory syndrome” (SARS) due to coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) infection is a well-known cause of death. Sometimes, demise can occur unexpectedly in apparently previous healthy individual after a brief period of trivial flu-like symptoms. In these doubtful cases, the forensic pathologist could be requested to define the cause of death occurred outside the hospital. In this report, the authors describe two autopsied cases of SARS-CoV-2-related deaths which occurred suddenly at home and were not preceded by hospitalization, highlighting associated histopathologic patterns and correlating them to pathophysiology of viral infection.

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Titel: SARS-CoV-2-related deaths in routine forensic autopsy practice: histopathological patterns
verfasst von: Antonio Tombolini
Roberto Scendoni
Publikationsdatum: 29.06.2020
Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Erschienen in: International Journal of Legal Medicine / Ausgabe 6/2020
Print ISSN: 0937-9827
Elektronische ISSN: 1437-1596
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00414-020-02354-5

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SARS-CoV-2-related deaths in routine forensic autopsy practice: histopathological patterns

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