Vol. 7, Issue 3, Part B (2024)

Materials and Methods: This was a non-interventional record-based retrospective observational study conducted in GMERS Medical College, Sola, Ahmedabad on 226 autopsies throughout one and a half years starting from January 2022 to June 2023. All the autopsy cases whose lung was received by the pathology department irrespective of age, sex and cause of death were included in the study. Both gross and microscopic examination was conducted on these lung specimens. Descriptive statistics were calculated and presented as frequency and percentage.

Results: In the present study of a total of 226 autopsies with lungs, the majority of autopsies had Pulmonary edema with mild inflammatory cell infiltrate (64.15%) as the histopathological finding, followed by Lobar Pneumonia (23.00%), Chronic Venous Congestion (6.63%), Tuberculosis (2.65%), Fibrosis and xanthogranulomatous changes (0.88%). Still, further, there was one case (0.44%) for each of the following incidental lesions: (1) Interstitial pneumonia (2) Bronchiectasis (3) Sarcoid Granuloma (4) Bronchioalveolar Adenocarcinoma.

Conclusion: Thus, Histopathological examination of the lungs helps to highlight many incidental findings and establishes the underlying cause of death.