Respiratory Medicine CME
Volume 1, Issue 3 , Pages 238-240, 2008

Autopsy case report

Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin Anshan Road 154, Tianjin, People's Republic of China

Received 22 May 2008; accepted 1 July 2008.

Summary 

A 26-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital after experiencing fever, cough and shortness of breath for one week. Despite active rescue remedies, the patient died. To make a definite diagnosis, an autopsy was performed. The patients experiencing such symptoms and processes are typically diagnosed with professional assistance, but the majority of them lack pathological evidence. The diagnosis mainly relies on case history and lung biopsy. Pathologic diagnosis can be achieved through procedures such as a bronchofibroscopic lung biopsy, a thoracoscopic lung biopsy, or an open lung biopsy.

 

PII: S1755-0017(08)00054-7

doi:10.1016/j.rmedc.2008.07.009

Respiratory Medicine CME
Volume 1, Issue 3 , Pages 238-240, 2008