Extensive haemorrhagic necrosis of liver is an unpredictable fatal complication in dengue infection: a postmortem study

Table 4 Summary of macroscopic findings of organs

	Patient 1	Patient 3	Patient 4	Patient 5
Fluid accumulation	Ascitic – 1200 ml	Blood stained	Ascites – 1500 ml	Blood stained
	PlE – 1000 ml	Ascites –1800 ml	PlE – 800 ml	Ascites – 1000 ml
		PlE – 300 ml	PeE – 100 ml	PlE – 1500 ml
Liver	Enlarged Congested	Congested	Enlarged Congested	Congested
		Subcapsular haemorrage	Subcapsular haemorrage
		Petechial haemorrage	Subcapsular haemorrage
Gastrointestinal tract	Eso. and stomach	Stomach and mesentery	Stomach and mesentery	Stomach and SI
	- Congested	- Petechiae	- Petechiae	- Haemorrhagic Area
	- Pin point haemorrage	- Haemorrhagic spots	- Haemorrhagic Spots
Heart	Normal	Increased adiposity	LVH Congested	Epicardial haemorrhagic patches
Brain	Normal	Normal	Normal	Normal
Lung	No haemorrhage	Congested	Trachea- Petichiae	Interstital pneumonia
Lung	No haemorrhage	Petichiae	No haemorrhage	Interstital pneumonia
Kidney & supra renals	Congested	Haemorrhage in both renal pelvices	Petechial haemorrhage	Congested
Kidney & supra renals	Congested	Supra renal glands – petechial haemorrhgaes	Petechial haemorrhage	Congested

PlE – pleural effusion, PeE-pericardial effusion, Eso- oesophagus, SI-small intestine, LVH-left ventricular hypertrophy.

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