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. 2024 Feb 2:14:e2024472.
doi: 10.4322/acr.2024.472. eCollection 2024.

Post-mortem diagnosis of amniotic fluid embolism

Andrea Gentilomo  1 , Stefano Tambuzzi  2 , Guendalina Gentile  2 , Michele Boracchi  2 , Salvatore Andreola  2 , Riccardo Zoia  2
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Post-mortem diagnosis of amniotic fluid embolism

Andrea Gentilomo et al. Autops Case Rep. .
No abstract available

Keywords: amniotic fluid embolism; autopsy; maternal mortality.

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Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1. A - Gross view of the anterior surface of the right lung, which appeared reddish and with a focal area of thickened pleura (approximate size of the scale bar: 15 cm). In B, C, and D, microscopic views with differential histochemical staining of Dane and Herman, specific for the demonstration of prekeratin and keratin, visualized in orange-red, mucin visualized in turquoise, and nuclei visualized in dark-orange-brown.: in B - the presence of several mucoid emboli, poorly cellulated in pulmonary vessels, capillaries, and alveolar septa (100x); in C - the presence of mucoid material and neutrophil granulocytes in a small cardiac interfibrillar vessel (200x); in D - the presence of positive mucoid material in some small uterine intramural vessels (200x).
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