Cor Vasa 2018, 60(1):e101-e103 | DOI: 10.1016/j.crvasa.2016.09.001

Lessons from the past: Uremic pericarditis

Rosa Henriques de Gouveia^a,b,c,*, César Santos^b,d, Raffaella Santi^e, Gabriella Nesi^e

^a Forensic Pathology Department, Delegação do Centro, Instituto Nacional de Medicina Legal e Ciências Forenses, I.P., Coimbra, Portugal

^b Medical Faculty, Coimbra University, Coimbra, Portugal

^c Pathological Anatomy Department, CHLO - Hospital Santa Cruz, Lisboa, Portugal

^d Forensic Pathology Department, Delegação do Centro - Tomar Extention, Instituto Nacional de Medicina Legal e Ciências Forenses, I.P., Tomar, Portugal

^e Division of Pathological Anatomy, University of Florence, Florence, Italy

Uremic pericarditis, once a major cause of morbidity and mortality, continues to be a severe complication of end-stage renal disease. Its importance and gravity led to the disease illustration in artificial models. The authors highlight the importance of Pathology Museum specimens, namely "wax models", in the teaching curriculum of medical students and young doctors, by showing the similarity between the heart of a recent fatal case and a wax model from the XIXth century.

Keywords: Autopsy; Past; Pathology Museum; Present; Uremic pericarditis; Wax models

Received: August 8, 2016; Accepted: September 2, 2016; Published: February 1, 2018  Show citation