The Virtual Autopsy Table (developed by Norrköping Visualization Centre and the Center for Medical Image Science and Visualization in Sweden) makes use of high resolution CT And MRI. The images are rendered and processed into 3D models which can be manipulated using a the table’s multi-touch interface. From the website: The technique used in this [...]
The New York Times featured a short piece about autopsies yesterday. The article takes a somewhat skeptical tone in places: We looked at each other, my surviving sister and I, and said no. It wouldn’t bring her back. We had had enough. We wanted to get on with funeral plans. Another reason, I realized later, [...]
Clinical History A 7 month-old male was admitted for severe pneumonia with respiratory compromise. Laboratory studies demonstrated leukocytosis and profound hypocalcemia. An inherited immunodeficiency syndrome was suspected. A CT scan of the chest revealed bilateral lobar pneumonia, and no thymus was seen. Dual-probe fluoresence in-situ hybridization for deletions of 10p13p14 and 22q11.2 was performed on [...]
Clinical History A 30-year-old Hispanic man with a history of diabetes mellitus had a staphylococcal abscess of the calf several weeks prior to presentation that was treated with antibiotics. He was in his usual state of health until two to three weeks before presentation, when he developed rapidly progressive leg pain, fever, and myalgias. He [...]
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