Figure 4From: Relationship of red splenic arteriolar hyaline with rapid death: a clinicopathological study of 82 autopsy casesThe frequency of cases with (A) the blue pattern and (B) the red pattern in each group divided according to rapidity of death. Rapidly indicates rapidly fatal cases; presumed rapidly, presumed rapidly fatal cases; rapidly & presumed rapidly, combination of rapidly and presumed rapidly fatal cases; non-rapidly, non-rapidly fatal cases; HS, hemorrhagic shock cases; <12 y, cases under 12 years of age; black box, positive cases; white box, negative cases. (A) The blue pattern did not significantly differ in appearance frequency across the categories. (B) Compared to non-rapidly fatal cases, the red pattern appeared with higher frequency in the rapidly and/or presumed rapidly cases, especially excluding hemorrhagic shock cases and those under 12 years of age (†P < 0.05, #P < 0.01 vs. non-rapidly fatal death; χ2 contingency test).Back to article page