R24

ADRENAL GLANDS - Bilateral haemorrhage (Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome)

Description
The specimen shows both kidneys and adrenal glands from a child; the adrenal glands are swollen and haemorrhagic.
History
This child had a cold a week prior to death; at autopsy meningitis was demonstrated, from which haemophilus influenzae were recovered.