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Detection and Significance of Maternal Pulmonary Amniotic Fluid Embolism

From the Gynecologic and Breast Pathology Branch, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, DC.
Address reprint requests to Henry J. Morris, MD Chief, Gynecologic and Breast Pathology Branch Armed Forces Institute of Pathology Washington, DC 20306

The presence of amniotic fluid in the lungs can be correlated with specific clinical situations and events. Amniotic fluid in the lungs is always a pathologic finding and can easily be demonstrated on a single random lung section if special stains are used.

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