The autopsy is not dead: ongoing relevance of the autopsy
Alexia Vignau; Clara Milikowski
Abstract
In the second case, the patient presented to the emergency department with symptoms of Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS), for which he was treated. Abdominal masses were discovered; however, the patient decompensated before workup was completed. A high-grade B-cell lymphoma was confirmed but would not have altered the outcome, making this a Goldman class II error.
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Submitted date:
01/04/2023
Accepted date:
03/10/2023
Publication date:
05/11/2023
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