HISTOPATHOLOGICAL SPECTRUM OF UNCOMMON LESIONS IN HEART AND AORTA: A REVIEW OF 19 AUTOPSY CASES

Abstract

Background: Cardiac lesions are responsible for approximately 60-70% of sudden deaths. Histopathological examination of heart on autopsy plays an essential role in determining the of death. Hence, the present study was undertaken to study the histopathological spectrum of uncommon lesions in the heart and blood vessels that arise from heart, which either proved to be a primary or contributory to the cause of deaths in clinical autopsies. Method: This prospective study was conducted in the Department of Pathology of a Tertiary care hospital over a period of one year from Jan 2020 to Dec 2020. During the study period, a total of 19 cases with uncommon lesions in heart and aorta were studied. The available clinical data had been collected from hospital records in these clinical autopsy cases. Cases of myocardial infarction were excluded