IPLab:Lab 1:Fat Necrosis: Difference between revisions
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== Clinical Summary == | == Clinical Summary == | ||
This was a 37-year-old female with chronic renal failure | This was a 37-year-old female with chronic renal failure who underwent a cadaveric renal transplant. Following transplantation she developed oral candidiasis, pneumonia, pyuria, and gastrointestinal bleeding. Subsequently, the patient became septic and died. | ||
Major findings at autopsy included extensive hemorrhagic bronchopneumonia and multiple ulcers affecting the stomach and esophagus. There was also evidence of disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) with multiple hemorrhages present. Firm, whitish foci of necrotic tissue were found in the fat around the pancreas. | |||
== Autopsy Findings == | == Autopsy Findings == | ||