Tracy Cook

Forensic Pathology Registrar/Resident
University of Cape Town.

Sharing educational autopsy tweets. Watch one, do one, teach one.
Tweets are my own.

[Tracy Cook @tracycookFP]

Team!

@clegg_liza
#forensicpath #4n6 #pathology

[Sanjay Mukhopadhyay @smlungpathguy]

Giardia: https://t.co/K4LwkIFw4h

[Tracy Cook @tracycookFP]

Fellowship ✔️
#forensics #4n6 #pathology

[Jared T. Ahrendsen MD, PhD (AP/NP/FP) @JaredAhrendsen]

Cerebellopontine angle mass. Diagnosis? What IHC is shown? 🧐🧠🔬 #neuropath #PathTwitter

[NAME @theNAME1966]

Case of the Week: The case involved a 53-year-old woman who was found unresponsive at home. What’s going on in her heart?
https://t.co/zcWf1eZi9r

[Top Biomedical Science @imedverse]

The best explanation of Supraventricular tachycardia (SVT)

#MedEd #MedTwitter #cardiología #Cardiology #cardioscience #CardioTwitter #Cardiovascular

[LastResponderMD @MdResponder]

Any resident/student have any guesses at what is being demonstrated? Diagnostic utility? We have a number of “special procedures”, such as this, that we can perform during autopsies. #4n6

[Jared T. Ahrendsen MD, PhD (AP/NP/FP) @JaredAhrendsen]

Can you figure out what happened here (be specific!) or is it #TooCloseToDiagnose?
#neuropath #autopsy #forensics #4n6 #PathTwitter #PathBoards 💀

[NAME @theNAME1966]

Case of the Week: The case involves a 35-year-old man with recent balance issues who developed “food poisoning” and was found dead in bed. What is the brain finding most consistent with?

https://t.co/3mMaUN60FU

[Tracy Cook @tracycookFP]

It's official. I passed my fellowship exams!!!!

[LastResponderMD @MdResponder]

Incidental finding during in an autopsy of a young male. Any res/student want to comment on the gross appearance of the heart and what we should be concerned about? #4n6 #Cardiotwitter

[Pradeep Vaideeswar @PradVaideeswar]

#COTW - 34 years, Male; Shortness of breath since "many" years

[Tracy Cook @tracycookFP]

@DrSt00f It's very common here, both suicidal ingestion and accidental ingestion in children. They are sold illegally, predominantly in informal settlements which are a result of our apartheid past and ongoing poverty.

[Tracy Cook @tracycookFP]

What comes to mind when you see this in the stomach at autopsy?
#Forensics #forensicpath #4n6

[Tracy Cook @tracycookFP]

@whereinmyworld A swer tweeted in subtweets🙂

[Tracy Cook @tracycookFP]

@DrSt00f Looks like but smells different and definitely should NOT be ingested

[Tracy Cook @tracycookFP]

@formalinfixed Some say these granules do look like poppy seeds but they definitely have a different odour

[Tracy Cook @tracycookFP]

@4N6Steve 😂

[Tracy Cook @tracycookFP]

The mechanism of action of aldicarb is cholinesterase inhibition with a build up of acetylcholine at synapses resulting in neuromuscular blockade. The mechanism of death is respiratory failure.

[Tracy Cook @tracycookFP]

We have a huge problem with access to Aldicarb and it is the compound most often found after toxicological analysis. At autopsy there may also be a very distinctive smell to the body and gastric contents.