Atlas of Adult Autopsy

S. Kim Suvarna, MBBS, BSc, FRCP, FRCPath
Department of Histopathology
Royal Hallamshire Hospital
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals
UK

Professor Suvarna was a Senior Cardiac Pathologist in the UK with a wide legal, medical and academic background in cardiac disease. 

He had a special interest in cardiovascular and respiratory/thoracic pathology, and was the lead examiner for the Certificate for Autopsy Training (CHAT) for the Royal College of Pathologists, as well as the lead for the pathology component for the Royal College of Surgeons.

He had experience of several decades of surgical cardiac pathology alongside autopsy related pathology and was a national referral point for complex cardiac disease and provided expert court testimony.

Abigail K. Sharp, MBChB, DipFMS, CHAT, FRCPath,

Department of Histopathology
 

Royal Hallamshire Hospital
 

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals
 

UK

Dr Sharp is an autopsy pathologist in the UK. She is developing histopathology interests in cardiac and gastrointestinal pathology. She has been a member of the Royal College of Pathologists' Death Investigation Committee.

General Considerations and Safety.- External Examination.- Evisceration.- Thorax: Heart, Lungs, Mediastinum, and Pleura.- Gastrointestinal and Hepatobiliary System.- Genitourinary and Breast Tissues, Including Pregnancy.- Lymphoreticular Tissues: Lymph Node, Spleen and Thymus, Bone and Marrow.- Endocrine Glands: Thyroid, Parathyroid, Adrenal, and Pituitary.- The Central Nervous System, with Eye and Ear.- Standard and Special Tests.- Devices: Foreign Items Encountered During the Autopsy.- The Forensic Autopsy.- The Radiological Autopsy.- Toxicology.- Appendix.