Unspecific post-mortem findings despite multiorgan viral spread in COVID-19 patients.
Myriam RemmelinkRicardo De MendonçaNicky D'HaeneSarah De ClercqCamille VerocqLaetitia LebrunPhilomène LavisMarie-Lucie RacuAnne-Laure TrépantCalliope MarisSandrine RoriveJean-Christophe GoffardOlivier De WitteLorenzo PelusoJean-Louis VincentChristine DecaesteckerFabio Silvio TacconeIsabelle SalmonPublished in: Critical care (London, England) (2020)
In conclusion, autopsies revealed a great heterogeneity of COVID-19-associated organ injury and the remarkable absence of any specific viral lesions, even when RT-PCR identified the presence of the virus in many organs.