Table 4 Macroscopic examination of the unfixed brain
Unfixed brain—checklist | ||
|---|---|---|
UB-1 | Changes to Cerebrum-cerebellum-brainstem size and volume ratios | |
UB-2 | Abnormalities of shape and patterning—tissue | |
a. lobes | ||
b. lobules | ||
c. gyri | ||
d. folia | ||
UB-3 | Abnormalities of shape and patterning—spaces (FISS) | |
a. fissures | ||
b. sulci | ||
c. interfolia spaces | ||
UB-4 | Meningeal features | |
1. Dura mater | a. thickness/appearance | |
b. venous sinuses | ||
2. Leptomeninx | a. transparency & thickness | |
b. meningeal blood vessels | ||
1. filling | ||
2. pattern & branching | ||
UB-5 | Supracollicular features | |
1. Tentorium cerebelli | ||
a. position/impingement | ||
b. thickness | ||
2. Perimesencephalic cisterns/rostrocerebellar space | ||
3. Lamina quadrigemina | ||
UB-6 | Cranial nerve roots | |
a. appearance | ||
b. course | ||