Autopsy and Case Reports

About the Journal

The journal Autopsy and Case Reports is a quarterly publication edited by the Hospital Universitário of the Universidade de Sao Paulo. It aims at publishing original scientific articles, clinical or experimental studies and case reports that will contribute to the development of clinical thinking skills, diagnostic methods, management, classification and treatment of diseases. Articles should be preferably related to academic autopsies and/or the clinical-pathologic-radiologic correlation, with excellent image documentation. The publication aims at disseminating information and scientific knowledge generated by professionals from HU USP and the external and international health community. Articles analyzed for publication: Original articles with reports of autopsies and clinical cases, clinical studies and clinical-pathologic-radiologic correlation, including the most important results of the study and analysis with contextualized discussion of the current literature.

Current Issue

Vol. 11 (2021)

Published: 2021-01-06

Article / Autopsy Case Report

Small bowel perforation and death caused by anaplastic thyroid carcinoma metastasis in a patient with concomitant colonic and bilateral breast carcinoma.

Jan Hrudka, Ivana Švadlenková
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Primary diffuse large B-cell lymphoma of the CNS, with a “Lymphomatosis cerebri” pattern

Balamurugan Thirunavukkarasu, Kirti Gupta, Ritu Shree, Anuj Prabhakar, Aastha Takkar Kapila, Vivek Lal, Bishan Radotra

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An autopsy series of an oft-missed ante-mortem diagnosis: hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis

Anusree Majumder, Debraj Sen
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Peutz-Jeghers syndrome: an unusual autopsy finding in pregnancy

Michell Frank Alves de Oliveira, Maria Aparecida Marchesan Rodrigues

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COVID-19: a closer look at the pathology in two autopsied cases. Is the pericyte at the center of the pathological process in COVID-19?

Hubert Daisley Jr, Arlene Rampersad, Martina Daisley, Amit Ramdin, Oneka Acco, Farhaana Narinesingh, Ornella Humphrey

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Non-infectious thrombotic endocarditis associated with chronic rheumatic heart disease and disseminated tuberculosis

Aravind Sekar, Sanjeev Naganur

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Neonatal acute liver failure with pulmonary yellow hyaline membrane and kernicterus

Kei Shing Oh, Hisham F. Bahmad, Carole Brathwaite, Amilcar Castellano Sanchez, Monica Recine

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De novo double-hit B-cell precursor leukemia/lymphoma - an unusual presentation as peritoneal lymphomatosis

Balamurugan Thirunavukkarasu, Jayanta Samanta, Prateek Bhatia, Amanjit Bal
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Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis with brain dissemination in an immunocompetent host

Senthil Kumar, Valliappan Muthu, Yogender Singh Bansal, Nikhil Mehta, Vanshika Arora
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Uterine scar rupture at the site of the placenta accreta presenting as a case of sudden death

Swapnil Prabhakar Akhade, Pankaj Suresh Ghormade, Ajay Bhengra, Krishnadutt Chavali, Nighat Hussain

e2020226
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Autopsy Case Report and Review

ALK+ Anaplastic large cell lymphoma with extensive cardiac involvement: A rare case report and review of the literature

Kaniyappan Nambiyar, Kirti Gupta, Uma Debi, Saroj Kant Sinha, Rakesh Kochhar

e2020231
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Fatal outcome of congenital aortopulmonary window with patent ductus arteriosus complicating pregnancy

Balamurugan Thirunavukkarasu, Lijanthung S. Kithan, Nikhil Kumar, Arihant Jain, Amanjit Bal

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Autopsy findings in a patient with primary systemic AL (kappa light chain) amyloidosis

Felipe Lourenço Ledesma, Jussara Bianchi Castelli
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Article / Clinical Case Report

A rare combination of Dermoid cyst and Cystadenoma: Are collision tumors in the ovary a real entity?

Tushar Kalonia, Neha Kumari, Akanksha Malik, Arvind Kumar, Anupama Bahadur, Sanjeev Kishore

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Acute liver failure due to radiographically occult infiltration of urothelial cancer

Valentina Tosatto, João Cabral Pimentel, Cristiano Cruz, André Almeida, Matteo Boattini

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Metastatic gallbladder carcinoma presenting as an ovarian mass

Nidhin Rehman, Harish Sadashiva, Manoj Gopal Madakshira, Deep Kumar Raman

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Non-ulcerated necrotizing sialometaplasia may mimic a salivary gland tumor

Patrícia Maria Fernandes, Erika Graf Pedroso, Alan Roger Santos-Silva, Pablo Agustin Vargas, Márcio Ajudarte Lopes
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Giant lactating adenoma

Isac Ribeiro Moulaz, Fernanda Sales Soares de Oliveira, Eveline Cristina da Silva Cristina da Silva, Janine Martins Machado, Maria Carmen Lopes Ferreira Silva Santos
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Reactive airways dysfunction syndrome following inhalation of hydrogen chloride vapor

Vanessa Simioni Faria, Soraya Abou El Hosn Cordero da Silva, Julio Flávio Meirelles Marchini
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Congenital medulloblastoma presented in the neonatal period

Patricio García-Espinosa, Max Molina-Ayala, Edgar Botello-Hernández, Estefania Villareal-Garza, Álvaro Barbosa-Quintana

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Primary signet-ring cell carcinoma of the urinary bladder

Nirmalya Benerjee, Kalpesh Parmar, Kim Vaiphei

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Myelodysplastic syndrome in a 30-year-old man with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19): a diagnostic challenge

Xin Qing, Jennifer Cai, Adam Rock

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Childhood pemphigus vulgaris is a challenging diagnosis

Gastão Tenório Lins Filho, Nathalia Lages Sarmento Barbosa, Eulina Maria Vieira de Abreu, Klinger Vagner Teixeira da Costa, Kelly Chrystine Barbosa Meneses, Rodrigo Neves Silva, Sonia Maria Soares Ferreira

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Osteonecrosis of the jaw in a patient under treatment of osteoporosis with oral bisphosphonate

Marília A. Figueiredo, Frederico Buhatem Medeiros, Karem López Ortega

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Isolated saccular aneurysm of the external jugular vein

Hari Janardanan Pillai, Nilanjan Roy, Pankaj Purushotam Rao, Khushdeep Kaur Shergill, Divya Shelly, Basil Badarudeen

e2020188
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Urogenital myiasis – An atypical presentation

Sayanti Paul, Purnima Upreti, Amrita Makhija, Ruchira Nautiyal

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De novo chronic lymphocytic leukemia/prolymphocytic leukemia or B-cell prolymphocytic leukemia? The importance of integrating clinico-morphological and immunophenotypic findings in distinguishing chronic lymphoproliferative diseases with circulating phase

Zachariah Chowdhury, Yookarin Khonglah, Susmita Sarma, Pranjal Kalita

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Xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis with calculus migration into the psoas abscess: an unusual complication

Manpreet Singh, Dillibabu Ethiraj, Venkatraman Indiran, Niranjan Dhanaji Kanase, Prabakaran Maduraimuthu

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Epistaxis: the cause found beyond the nose

Rahul Verma, Vinay Nagaraja Gowda, Ashok Singh, Madhu Priya, Sanjeev Kishore, Prashant Pranesh Joshi

e2020207
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Primary angiosarcoma of the oral cavity in a young adult

Bhagat Singh Lali, Zachariah Chowdhury, Monika Gupta, Aseem Mishra

e2020217
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Late recurrence of Burkitt’s lymphoma in the jaw: numb chin syndrome as the only symptom

Bernar Monteiro Benites, Wanessa Miranda-Silva, André Caroli Rocha, Ula Lindoso Passos, Felipe Paiva Fonseca, Celso Arrais Rodrigues da Silva, Eduardo Rodrigues Fregnani

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Photobiomodulation in the treatment of xerostomia associated with hyposalivation in a pediatric patient with systemic scleroderma

Analú Barros de Oliveira, Túlio Morandin Ferrisse, Karina Borges Salomão, Marina Lins Miranda, Andreia Bufalino, Fernanda Lourenção Brighenti

e2020220
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Retroperitoneal liposarcoma in a nonagenarian

King Tung Cheung, Catherine Mitchell, Enoch Wong

e2020224
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Secretory carcinoma of the breast, commonly exhibits the features of low grade, triple negative breast carcinoma- A Case report with updated review of literature

Nirmalya Banerjee, Devmalya Banerjee, Neha Choudhary

e2020227
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Autopsy Case Report

Whipple’s disease: a fatal mimic

Benjamin Kukull, Jonathon Mahlow, Gillian Hale, Lindsey J. Perry

e2020237
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The absence of piriformis muscle, combined muscular fusion, and neurovascular variation in the gluteal region

Matheus Coelho Leal, João Gabriel Alexander, Eduardo Henrique Beber, Josemberg da Silva Baptista

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Extranodal NK/T-cell lymphoma, nasal type with extensive cardiopulmonary involvement

Mario L. Marques-Piubelli, Gabriel Teixeira Montezuma Sales, Letícia Campos Clemente, Lidiane Inês Rosa, Mariana Lorenzi Savioli, Ricardo Pires Alvim, Raquel Megale Moreira, Fernando Pereira Frassetto, Ellen Caroline Toledo do Nascimento, Sheila Aparecida Coelho Siqueira

e2021246
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Short Communication

Bellini duct carcinoma

Gil Falcão, Anuraj Quiran Parmanande, Catarina Araújo, João Vasco Barreira

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Value of the toluidine blue test as an aid to determine the biopsy site in actinic prurigo cheilitis

Lily Margoth Cedeño-Suárez, María Elisa Vega-Memije, Juan Carlos Cuevas-González, Adalberto Mosqueda-Taylor

e2021247
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Letters to the Editor

New certification requirement for autopsies: few things to consider

Ameer Hamza

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Pulmonary aspergillosis: a challenging condition in the whole world

Vitorino Modesto dos Santos

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Image in focus

Solitary fibrous tumor of the pancreas

Elena Martín-Pérez, Mariel Valdivia Mazeyra, Marcello Di Martino, Angela De La Hoz Rodríguez

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Right coronary artery anomaly

Kleio Fragkouli, Theodore Vougiouklakis
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