Morphological Changes in the Liver of Pregnant Women with Coronavirus Disease

Abstract

Macroscopically, the liver is greenish-red in color, enlarged in size, the gallbladder is sharply enlarged and filled with bile. Microscopically, hepatocytes contain microvescular fat drops, focal necrosis of hepatocytes, the number of neutrophils predominates in the portal tracts, microthrombi are detected in the sinusoids. The autopsy results of mothers who died from COVID-19 have received important insights from a comprehensive liver study. Macroscopically, it is determined that the liver is enlarged, softened, its outer surface has a variegated color, that is, small foci of hemorrhages and foci of yellow-brown color appear under the shell, and its parenchyma also has a false nutmeg color when cut out.