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== Clinical Summary ==  
 
== Clinical Summary ==  
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.
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This 46-year-old 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.
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At autopsy 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.
  
 
== Autopsy Findings ==  
 
== Autopsy Findings ==  

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Clinical Summary[edit]

This 46-year-old 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.

At autopsy 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.

Autopsy Findings[edit]

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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Liver: Amyloid H&E[edit]

Liver: Amyloid Congo Red[edit]

Normal Liver H&E[edit]

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Related IPLab Cases[edit]


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).