Postmortem inflation and fixation of human lungs: A technique for pathological and radiological correlations

AUTOR(ES)

Wright, B. M.

RESUMO

Wright, B. M., Slavin, G., Kreel, L., Callan, K., and Sandin, Brenda (1974).Thorax, 29, 189-194. Postmortem inflation and fixation of human lungs. A method of fixing lungs by inflating them with heated formalin vapour is described. This method facilitates postmortem correlations between radiographic and histological appearances.

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