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Investigation on the metastatic changes to the liver as a consequence of metastatic breast cancer: one cadaver’s story (913.10)
Author(s) -
Gallegos Christian,
Nusse Gloria
Publication year - 2014
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.28.1_supplement.913.10
Subject(s) - medicine , cadaver , breast cancer , cancer , metastatic breast cancer , liver cancer , abdominal cavity , cause of death , anatomy , pathology , disease
Every semester we receive an average of 4 cadavers with a different cause of death for each one. Cadaver case number UCSF‐13‐237 had metastatic breast cancer as her cause of death meaning there was more going on inside of her than what was explicitly described on the cause of death report. Once the abdominopelvic and thoracic cavities were opened, the liver was easily identified that covered 1/3 of the abdominal cavity. The comparison between a normal liver embalmed to the secondary liver cancer from case number UCSF‐13‐237 will be used to deduce the weight difference, the parameters of the liver and the gross visual anatomy of the changes in the blood vessels. The comparison of the two livers will show the before and after images of the affects secondary liver cancer has on the liver.