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When a cadaver presents a multi‐systemic dilemma
Author(s) -
Locke Ben Charles,
Dillard Attallah Siedah,
Nusse Gloria
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
the faseb journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.709
H-Index - 277
eISSN - 1530-6860
pISSN - 0892-6638
DOI - 10.1096/fasebj.27.1_supplement.742.14
Subject(s) - medicine , cause of death , death certificate , cadaver , dissection (medical) , depression (economics) , surgery , general surgery , pathology , disease , economics , macroeconomics
Factors affecting the actual death of an individual can be convoluted, ambiguous, and tangled. When cadavers arrive in the San Francisco State University anatomy lab they are accompanied by a cause of death report. Such was the case with an 83‐year‐old adult female cadaver. Her cause of death was respiratory failure with contributing causes listed as degenerative arthritis, depression, dementia, and reflux esophagitis. Although respiratory failure was the primary cause of death, upon dissection her body revealed several abnormalities that were not mentioned in the death certificate. Foremost of which was a 2.5 cm depression in the right frontotemporal lobe as well an unusual digestive tract, which was almost completely avascular in appearance. This poster presents these unusual findings. Grant Funding Source : none