Research Journal of Medical Sciences
ISSN: Online 1993-6095ISSN: Print 1815-9346
Abstract
Lungs are paired intrathoracic organs that are vital for life as they play a major role in human body by exchanging gases between inspired air and blood. Lung being the principal site of respiration, is vulnerable to many toxic agents, microbial and circulatory disturbances. Lungs are secondarily involved in almost all forms of terminal events in cardiovascular diseases and are frequently involved in metastatic spread of malignancies from most parts of the body. Most of these lesions don't present with any signs or symptoms and remain undetected. Hence, these diseases are observed as incidental findings on autopsy examination. The present study aims to find out the frequencies and pattern of various lung diseases based on the histopathological analysis of lung tissues in autopsy cases. This retrospective study of two years consists of 87 lung autopsy cases. Lung specimen retrieved during autopsy were grossed, processed and examined microscopically to lead to a final diagnosis. There were total of 87 cases. The male to female ratio was 2.35:1. Majority of the cases 28.73% were found in 4th decade followed by 24.13%in 3rd decade .The commonest pathological finding was pulmonary edema with congestion(33.33%) followed by anthracotic pigment deposition (11.49%) and Pneumonia (8.04%). In this series we found 1 case of pulmonary tuberculosis, 6 cases of emphysema and 3 cases with vegetative material in lung. There were two cases each of pulmonary embolism and metastatic deposits in lungs. This study highlights the frequencies of various lung lesions on autopsy with respect to gender and age. Clinicians as well as pathologists must be aware of the wide spectrum of possible pathologies in the lungs to prevent morbidities due to lung disease.
How to cite this article:
K. Dhanya, Veeresh Hosmani, Anand Chavan and V. Kushtagi Anirudh. Study of Histopathological Spectrum of Lung Lesions in Autopsy Cases at Tertiary Care Hospital, KIMS, Koppal.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36478/10.36478/makrjms.2024.9.316.321
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