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[A pathological report of three COVID-19 cases by minimal invasive autopsies].

XHX H YaoTYT Y LiZCZ C HeYFY F PingHWH W Liu

Army Medical University · Southwest Hospital · +5 more institutions

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Abstract

The lungs from novel coronavirus pneumonia patients manifest significant pathological lesions, including the alveolar exudative inflammation and interstitial inflammation, alveolar epithelium proliferation and hyaline membrane formation. While the 2019-nCoV is mainly distributed in lung, the infection also involves in the damages of heart, vessels, liver, kidney and other organs. Further studies are warranted to investigate the mechanism underlying pathological changes of this disease.

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  • XH
    X H YaoCorresponding

    Army Medical University, Southwest Hospital

  • TY
    T Y Li

    Army Medical University, Southwest Hospital

  • ZC
    Z C He

    Army Medical University, Southwest Hospital

  • YF
    Y F Ping

    Army Medical University, Southwest Hospital

  • HW
    H W Liu

    Chongqing Three Gorges Central Hospital

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Keywords
  • Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
  • Pathological
  • 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak
  • Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
  • Medicine
  • Pathology
  • Outbreak
  • Disease
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