Autopsy Center of Chicago

04/20/2026

Hello group! Going to be adding some short videos to the practice website www.autopsychicago.com, and thought I'd add them here as well. Best to all.

10/27/2024

Hello -Just a note for those interested, I'm doing a Reddit AMA today. Hope everyone is well and safe and surviving these crazy times! Ben

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11/24/2022

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05/27/2022

Location: chest.
What's the most likely scenario.
A. Cardiac rupture during EKG due to excess voltage
B. Unwitnessed collapse. Paramedic documentation of death (absent cardiac electric activity). Early decomposition.
C. Contused abrasion from CPR. In-hospital resuscitation.
D. Recent heparin injection with subcutaneous bleeding during cardiac cath.

05/26/2022

True or False
When adult children request an autopsy on a parent, the oldest sibling of the group has all the legal rights.

05/25/2022

You have just completed a case of sudden, unwitnessed death in an elderly man. He has been treated recently for a new-onset arrhythmia and was scheduled for a pacemaker placement. The autopsy showed massive cardiomegaly from hypertension and also an 85% blockage in the right coronary artery. There is a great deal of fluid (edema) in the lungs. You are sitting down to complete a death certificate. What will you put for the immediate cause of death when you complete the death certificate?
A. Undetermined.
B. Pending (you want to review microscopy to see if there was any myocardial injury).
C. Myocardial infarction.
D. Sudden unexpected fatal cardiac arrhythmia.
E. Hypertensive heart disease.

05/25/2022

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05/23/2022

You are working on a case report and have some additional questions for the family to help you figure out the case. The report is not yet signed out. While speaking to the family, they ask you to review some of the findings you wrote on the death certificate related to the cause of death. The best response is to:
A. Give your best answer to their questions now, because it's considerate and they want to know.
B. Listen to the question but reserve your response till after the case is signed out.
C. Tell the family you can't discuss anything on the death certificate, but that you can take the question once the report is complete.
D. Explain that the original death certificate stops being valid once the report is complete, so you prefer to wait till then.
E. None of the above.

05/22/2022

True or False
The blood is always drained from the body before an autopsy.

05/21/2022

A family calls you and says their loved one died one week after a surgery. It was a scheduled bowel resection for cancer. They were told the surgery went fine, but when the patient woke up, he could not maintain his blood pressure. He was found to have had a heart attack. They are requesting an autopsy. Which of these is probably reasonable to consider?
A. The patient coincidentally had a heart attack just before surgery. It was only detected after.
B. The patient had surgery without any cardiac clearance.
C. The patient had standard cardiac clearance for surgery, but it was not able to detect the patient's heart disease and risk.
D. The patient had an intra-operative event that the surgical team is not disclosing.
E. The patient had an anesthesia reaction during the surgery.

05/20/2022

from yesterday's live discussion. Thanks for participating!
What's sticking out of the heart?
A. Ruptured coronary artery stent (from CPR)
B. Ruptured coronary artery catheter (procedure-related trauma)
C. Ruptured pacemaker lead (from CPR)
D. Retained needle from pericardiocentesis
E. None of the above

05/08/2022

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