Pathological findings and morphologic correlation of the lungs of autopsied patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection in the Brazilian Amazon using transmission electron microscopy.
Monique Freire SantanaRebecca Augusta de Araújo PintoBruna Hilzendeger MarconLia Carolina Almeida Soares de MedeirosThiago Barros do Nascimento de MoraisLucas Castanhola DiasLorenna Pereira de SouzaGisely Cardoso de MeloWuelton Marcelo MonteiroMarcus Vinícius Guimarães de LacerdaFernando Fonseca Almeida ValPritesh Jaychand LalwaniLuiz Carlos de Lima FerreiraPublished in: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (2021)
Viral particles consistent with the characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 were observed mainly in degenerated pneumocytes, in the endothelium, or freely circulating in the alveoli. In the final stage of illness, the alveolar spaces were replaced by fibrosis.