Tissues and morphologic features graded
Tissue . | Features graded . |
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Brain | Pyknotic Purkinje cells; iron pigment |
Eyes | Retinal degeneration; iron pigment; infarcts |
Lungs | Infarcts; thickness of intima and media of pulmonary arteries; mononuclear infiltrates; iron pigment; hemorrhages; vascular congestion; dilated capillaries |
Kidneys | Glomerular diameter; cysts and infarcts; thickness of vascular intima and media on 10 × near renal sinus; iron pigment; mononuclear infiltrates |
Liver | Calcification; infarcts; iron pigment; mononuclear infiltrates; pericentral venous pallor; steatosis |
Spleen | Diameter of spleen (mm); increased white pulp (hematopoietic cells); luminal diameter (ectasia) of blood vessel in the white pulp; iron pigment; infarcts |
Heart | Infarcts (recent/remote); vascular wall thickness; iron pigment; thickness of left and right ventricular free walls (mm) |
Pancreas | Greatest islet diameter |
Bone marrow | Cellularity, erythroid hyperplasia, iron pigment |
Intravascular erythrocytes | Percentage of cells demonstrating sickle morphology |
Carotid arteries | Abnormalities of the endothelium, intima, media, and adventitia |
Tissue . | Features graded . |
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Brain | Pyknotic Purkinje cells; iron pigment |
Eyes | Retinal degeneration; iron pigment; infarcts |
Lungs | Infarcts; thickness of intima and media of pulmonary arteries; mononuclear infiltrates; iron pigment; hemorrhages; vascular congestion; dilated capillaries |
Kidneys | Glomerular diameter; cysts and infarcts; thickness of vascular intima and media on 10 × near renal sinus; iron pigment; mononuclear infiltrates |
Liver | Calcification; infarcts; iron pigment; mononuclear infiltrates; pericentral venous pallor; steatosis |
Spleen | Diameter of spleen (mm); increased white pulp (hematopoietic cells); luminal diameter (ectasia) of blood vessel in the white pulp; iron pigment; infarcts |
Heart | Infarcts (recent/remote); vascular wall thickness; iron pigment; thickness of left and right ventricular free walls (mm) |
Pancreas | Greatest islet diameter |
Bone marrow | Cellularity, erythroid hyperplasia, iron pigment |
Intravascular erythrocytes | Percentage of cells demonstrating sickle morphology |
Carotid arteries | Abnormalities of the endothelium, intima, media, and adventitia |