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Dental abscess and “unexpected death”...

Even though we are living in an era of major technical-scientific advances and effective antimicrobial and antiviral therapy,dental infections are still the most important predisposing factors for head and neck infections. Odontogenic infections can cause severe complications, e.g. compromised airways, tissue necrosis, deep neck infections, mediastinitis, endocarditis and sepsis. These severe odontogenic infect...

Mortality due to respiratory infections: an alert study before COVID-19 pandemic

Objective. Respiratory tract infections remain a common problem in clinical practice with high morbidity and mortality worldwide. In Portugal, pneumonia was the third leading death cause in 2018. Due to COVID-19 pandemic, there is a growing concern about the burden of respiratory diseases and preventable risk factors. The present study started before the pandemic and its aim was to determine the occurrence of p...

Polymethyl methacrylate balls: an unexpected and surprising finding during an a...

Mast cells: Promoters of myocardial fibrosis in hypertensive heart disease?

Autopsy in adults with congenital heart disease (ACHD)

The adult congenital heart diseases (ACHD) population is exceeding the pediatric congenital heart diseases (CHD) population and is progressively expanding each year, representing more than 90% of patients with CHD. Of these, about 75% have undergone surgical and/or percutaneous intervention for palliation or correction. Autopsy can be a very challenging procedure in ACHD patients. The approach and protocol to b...

Chorangioma and John Clarke

Sudden cardiac death and valvular pathology

Sudden death due to valvular heart disease is reported to range from 1% to 5% in native valves and around 0.2%-0.9%/year in prosthesis. The nature of the diseases is varied, from heritable, congenital to acquired. It may affect both genders in multiple age groups. The authors show and comment examples of the major nosologic aetiologies underlying unexpected exitus letalis of valvular nature.

Intraventricular brain tumor: report of three cases

Introduction: Colloid cysts are considered congenital non invasive benign lesions, enlarging very slowly. They account for less than 1% of symptomatic brain tumors, being the most common tumor of the 3rd ventricle (...)