Cadaver Question

[Studebug]

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Two of our cadavers have a green tint encompassing the entire body. Supposedly it is a disease phenomenon. I would like to look up some info on it to learn but I don't know where to start. Any thoughts?

 

[WellWornLad]

Jaundice secondary to cholestasis (horse) and hyperbiliverdinemia (zebra) comes to mind.

 

[PepperMD]

Two of our cadavers have a green tint encompassing the entire body. Supposedly it is a disease phenomenon. I would like to look up some info on it to learn but I don't know where to start. Any thoughts?

Somebody made them angry before they died. CADAVER SMASH!

 

[Rendar5]

septic pseudomonal infections?

 

[The Angriest Bird]

septic pseudomonal infections?

lol that's a good one

It may just be topical antiseptic with a green dye. The chlorhexidine prep (the "magic wand") in our hospital gives the skin a vivid green tint.

 

[Studebug]

One of the pathologists suggested jaundice in relation to some form of liver disease. Bile/liver disease process commencing throughout the body during the embalming process.

 

[bodonid]

Jaundice secondary to cholestasis (horse) and hyperbiliverdinemia (zebra) comes to mind.

two zebras in one room? I heard that only happens in Africa.

 

[Random Anesthesiologist]

We had mold growing on ours eventually.

 

[WellWornLad]

two zebras in one room? I heard that only happens in Africa.

I meant one or the other, not both. And cholestasis is hardly a zebra.

 

[pianoman511]

We had a green body in our anatomy lab - the anatomists dismissed it as poor embalming (mold).