Background: Autopsies on COVID-19 deceased patients have many limitations due to necessary epidemiologic and preventative measures. The ongoing pandemic has caused a significant strain on healthcare systems and is being extensively studied around the world. Clinical data does not always corelate with post-mortem findings. The goal of our study was to find pathognomonic factors associated with COVID-19 mortality in 100 post-mortem full body autopsies.Materials and Methods: Following necessary safety protocol, we performed 100 autopsies on patients who were diagnosed with COVID-19 related death. The macroscopic and microscopic pathologies were evaluated along with clinical and laboratory findings.Results: Extensive coagulopathic changes are seen throughout the bodies of diseased patients. Diffuse alveolar damage is pathognomonic of COVID-19 viral pneumonia, and is the leading cause of lethal outcome in younger patients. Extrapulmonary pathology is predominantly seen in the liver and spleen. Intravascular thrombosis is often widespread and signs of septic shock are often present.Conclusion: The described pathological manifestations of COVID-19 in deceased patients are an insight into the main mechanisms of SARS-CoV-2 associated lethal outcome. The disease bears no obvious bias in severity, but seems to be more severe in some patients, hinting at genetic or epigenetic factors at play.
Objective:
Serrated colorectal lesions are a group of colonic lesions with a serrated (saw-tooth) profile of the surface epithelium and crypts and peculiar molecular and genetic developmental mechanisms that are incompletely understood. These formations cause concern due to their premalignant potential.
Aim:
The review is dedicated to serrated lesions of the colon and appendix. We focused on modern classification, its role in carcinogenesis, and new approaches to morphological diagnosis.
Methods:
A literature search was performed using PubMed, Scopus, ResearchGate, Google, MEDLINE, and ScienceDirect databases to find studies of serrated colorectal lesions related cancer published between 2000 and 2020 that address epidemiological of risk factors, underlying pathophysiological mechanism and enable our review of these factors as well molecular, genetics, and structural patterns.
Results:
Serrated colorectal lesions take one-third of all benign neoplasms of the colon in the pathologist’s practice. The active study of serrated lesions began in the 1900s. Terminology and diagnostic criteria were changed in the updated classification in 2019. Morphological criteria, immunohistochemical and molecular profile, endoscopic and clinical characteristics are reviewed.
Conclusion:
Significant efforts were made to improve our understanding and diagnostic criteria of serrated polyps of the colorectum. Very little change has occurred since the original morphologic description of preneoplastic serrated lesions in the early 2000s. More research remains needed to develop more definitive immunophenotypic and molecular biomarkers to distinguish between non-neoplastic and neoplastic serrated lesions.
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