Autopsy in suspected COVID-19 cases

Journal of Clinical Pathology - Tập 73 Số 5 - Trang 239-242 - 2020
Brian Hanley1, Sebastian Lucas2, Esther Youd3, Benjamin Swift4, Michael Osborn5
1Cellular Pathology, Imperial College London NHS Trust, London, UK
2Department of Histopathology, GKT, Medical school in London, London, UK
3Department of Histopathology, Cwm Taf Morgannwg Health Board, Llantrisant, UK
4Forensic Pathology Services, Oxon, UK
5Department of Cellular Pathology, Imperial College London NHS Trust, London, UK

Tóm tắt

The severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)-coronavirus-2 (CoV-2) outbreak in Wuhan, China has now spread to many countries across the world including the UK with an increasing death toll. This will inevitably lead to an increase in the number of suspected coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)-related deaths at autopsy. The Royal College of Pathologists has responded to this concern with the release of a briefing on autopsy practice relating to COVID-19. The following article is a summary and interpretation of these guidelines. It includes a description of hazard group 3 organisms, the category to which SARS-CoV-2 has been assigned, a brief description of what is currently known about the pathological and autopsy findings in COVID-19, a summary of the recommendations for conducting autopsies in suspected COVID-19 cases and the techniques for making the diagnosis at autopsy. It concludes by considering the clinicopathological correlation and notification of such cases.

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