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IPLab:Lab 6:Amyloidosis

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Clinical SummaryEdit

This 46-year-old white male with a long-standing history of rheumatoid arthritis was admitted for treatment of pneumonia. Subsequently, complications associated with lung abscesses, empyema, and septicemia led to the patient's death.

Autopsy FindingsEdit

The liver weighed 2600 grams. It was yellowish-tan in color and cut with difficulty (fibrosis?). No other pathological changes were noted except for pneumonia and lung abscesses.

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Study QuestionsEdit


In alcoholics, aspiration pneumonia is common--bacteria enter the lung via aspiration of gastric contents.

An abscess is a collection of pus (white blood cells) within a cavity formed by disintegrated tissue.

A normal liver weighs 1650 grams (range: 1500 to 1800 grams).