ISSN: 0022-1198
CODEN: JFSCA
Page Count: 6

Scanning Electron Microscope Study of the Lung in Drowning
Torre, C
Associate professor and post-graduate student, University of Turin,

Varetto, L
Associate professor and post-graduate student, University of Turin,

(Received 16 June 1984; accepted 10 September 1984)

Abstract

The authors describe the results obtained using the scanning electron microscope (SEM) to study drowned lungs and control lungs. Results are compared with a previous study carried out using laboratory animals. The results from both studies are analogous, in the absence of chronic pulmonary emphysema. The diagnosis of chronic pulmonary emphysema is simple with the SEM even when dealing with autoptic material obtained 24 to 48 h after death, but the diagnosis of drowning becomes difficult in lungs with chronic emphysema.

Keywords:
pathology and biology, drowning, microscopy, chronic pulmonary emphysema

Paper ID: JFS11825J
DOI: 10.1520/JFS11825J
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