Autopsy findings from patients diagnosed with COVID-19 demonstrate unique morphological patterns in bone marrow and lymph node.
Ali AlJabbanMark G EvansGeoffrey G FellJack P GuccioneRobert A EdwardsGeraldine S PinkusRobert F PaderaOlga PozdnyakovaAnnette S KimPublished in: Journal of clinical pathology (2023)
Autopsy results demonstrate distinct morphological patterns in BM, with or without haemophagocytic macrophages, and in LN, with or without increased plasmacytoid cells. Since only a minority of patients met diagnostic criteria for HLH, the observed BM haemophagocytic macrophages may be more indicative of an overall inflammatory state.