Autopsy of COVID-19 patients in China

doi:10.1093/nsr/nwaa123

. 2020 Sep;7(9):1414-1418.

doi: 10.1093/nsr/nwaa123. Epub 2020 Jun 6.

Autopsy of COVID-19 patients in China

Xiu-Wu Bian¹; COVID-19 Pathology Team

Collaborators, Affiliations

Collaborators

COVID-19 Pathology Team:
Xiao-Hong Yao², Yi-Fang Ping², Shicang Yu², Yu Shi², Tao Luo², Zhi-Cheng He², Rui Tang², Cong Chen², Wen-Juan Fu², Hongyan Zhang², Hua-Rong Zhang², Dong-Fang Xiang², Qing-Rui Li², Xuequan Huang², Tingyuan Li², Pengnan Zhao², Chaofu Wang³, Xiaochun Fei³, Jun Cai³, Lei Zhao³, Heng Zhang³, Zhenghua Liu³, Liang Liu⁴, Guoping Wang⁴, Xiu Nie⁴, Yiwu Zhou⁴, Liang Ren⁴, Qian Liu⁴, Yi Wang⁴, Qilin Ao⁴, Xi Wang⁴, Yaqi Duan⁴, Jiansha Li⁴, Jin Xiong⁴, Sanpeng Xu⁴, Jie Zhang⁴, Sizhe Huang⁴, Ming Yang⁴, Bo Huang⁴, Xiang Li⁴, Lixu Peng⁴, Pan Xi⁴, Xiong Hua⁴, Hua Su⁴, Sihua Wangcheng⁴, Cheng Yu⁴, Haibo Wu⁵, Heng Li⁵, Yong Ren⁶, Xinwei Chen⁶, Liwei Liang⁶, Zongxing Zhang⁷, Rong Chen⁸, Fei Deng⁹, Guoqiang Qu¹⁰, Rongshuai Wang¹⁰, Yunyun Wang¹⁰, Xiaowei Zhou¹⁰, Fusheng Wang¹¹, Jingmin Zhao¹¹

Affiliations

¹ The initiating member of the COVID-19 Pathology Team, Institute of Pathology & Southwest Cancer Center, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University (Army Medical University), China.
² Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University, China.
³ Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China.
⁴ Huazhong University of Science & Technology, China.
⁵ University of Science and Technology of China, China.
⁶ Central Theater General Hospital, China.
⁷ Academy of Military Sciences, China.
⁸ Wuhan Jinyintan Hospital, China.
⁹ Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China.
¹⁰ Hubei Chongxin Forensic Center, China.
¹¹ The Fifth Medical Center, General Hospital of PLA, China.

PMID: 34192086
PMCID: PMC7313767
DOI: 10.1093/nsr/nwaa123

Autopsy of COVID-19 patients in China

Xiu-Wu Bian et al. Natl Sci Rev. 2020 Sep.

. 2020 Sep;7(9):1414-1418.

doi: 10.1093/nsr/nwaa123. Epub 2020 Jun 6.

Authors

Xiu-Wu Bian¹; COVID-19 Pathology Team

Collaborators

COVID-19 Pathology Team:
Xiao-Hong Yao², Yi-Fang Ping², Shicang Yu², Yu Shi², Tao Luo², Zhi-Cheng He², Rui Tang², Cong Chen², Wen-Juan Fu², Hongyan Zhang², Hua-Rong Zhang², Dong-Fang Xiang², Qing-Rui Li², Xuequan Huang², Tingyuan Li², Pengnan Zhao², Chaofu Wang³, Xiaochun Fei³, Jun Cai³, Lei Zhao³, Heng Zhang³, Zhenghua Liu³, Liang Liu⁴, Guoping Wang⁴, Xiu Nie⁴, Yiwu Zhou⁴, Liang Ren⁴, Qian Liu⁴, Yi Wang⁴, Qilin Ao⁴, Xi Wang⁴, Yaqi Duan⁴, Jiansha Li⁴, Jin Xiong⁴, Sanpeng Xu⁴, Jie Zhang⁴, Sizhe Huang⁴, Ming Yang⁴, Bo Huang⁴, Xiang Li⁴, Lixu Peng⁴, Pan Xi⁴, Xiong Hua⁴, Hua Su⁴, Sihua Wangcheng⁴, Cheng Yu⁴, Haibo Wu⁵, Heng Li⁵, Yong Ren⁶, Xinwei Chen⁶, Liwei Liang⁶, Zongxing Zhang⁷, Rong Chen⁸, Fei Deng⁹, Guoqiang Qu¹⁰, Rongshuai Wang¹⁰, Yunyun Wang¹⁰, Xiaowei Zhou¹⁰, Fusheng Wang¹¹, Jingmin Zhao¹¹

Affiliations

¹ The initiating member of the COVID-19 Pathology Team, Institute of Pathology & Southwest Cancer Center, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University (Army Medical University), China.
² Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University, China.
³ Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China.
⁴ Huazhong University of Science & Technology, China.
⁵ University of Science and Technology of China, China.
⁶ Central Theater General Hospital, China.
⁷ Academy of Military Sciences, China.
⁸ Wuhan Jinyintan Hospital, China.
⁹ Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China.
¹⁰ Hubei Chongxin Forensic Center, China.
¹¹ The Fifth Medical Center, General Hospital of PLA, China.

PMID: 34192086
PMCID: PMC7313767
DOI: 10.1093/nsr/nwaa123

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**Figure 1.**
A Chinese pathologist performing a COVID-19 autopsy. Courtesy of Hongyan Zhang, Southwest Hospital, Chongqing, China.

**Figure 2.**
An overview of pulmonary histopathological changes in COVID-19. Exudate, epithelial (Epi) proliferation, thrombosis (Throm), mucus plugs (Muc) and hemorrhage (Hema) are seen in an affected pulmonary lobe.

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