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93 Agreement between MIA and CA: a cross-sectional study 5 Table 3. Major Diagnoses – Total Number and Unsuspected Diagnoses per Organ/ Tissue Category Organ/ Tissue Category Number of Different Post- mortem Diagnoses Number of Certain Post-mortem Diagnoses in 99 Cases (% of Total) Clinically Unsuspected Post-mortem Diagnoses (% of Certain Diagnoses) MIA CA General 12 82 (6.0) 57 (69.5) 45 (54.9) Adrenal Gland 2 2 (0.1) 0 (0.0) 2 (100.0) Bladder 2 2 (0.1) 0 (0.0) 1 (50.0) Bone Marrow 3 7 (0.5) 3 (42.9) 6 (85.7) Brain/ Nervous System 20 89 (6.5) 29 (32.6) 51 (57.3) Female Genital Tract 1 1 (0.1) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) Gastrointestinal Tract 25 73 (5.3) 29 (39.7) 31 (42.5) Head (ENT/ eye) 3 3 (0.2) 2 (66.7) 2 (66.7) Heart 25 308 (22.4) 185 (60.1) 199 (64.6) Kidney 18 74 (5.4) 49 (66.2) 37 (50) Liver 19 73 (5.3) 44 (60.3) 37 (50.7) Lung/ Airways 39 430 (31.3) 218 (50.7) 210 (48.8) Lymph Nodes 3 7 (0.5) 3 (42.9) 3 (42.9) Male Genital Tract 2 2 (0.1) 1 (50.0) 1 (50.0) Mediastinum 4 4 (0.3) 3 (75.0) 1 (25.0) Pancreas 9 12 (0.9) 4 (33.3) 5 (41.7) Skeleton 1 1 (0.1) 1 (100.0) 1 (100.0) Soft tissue/ Skin 13 19 (1.4) 7 (36.8) 7 (36.8) Spleen 8 66 (4.8) 49 (74.2) 24 (36.4) Thyroid/ Parathyroid 1 1 (0.1) 0 (0.0) 1 (100.0) Vascular 20 116 (8.5) 60 (51.7) 62 (53.4) TOTAL 230 1372 745 (54.3) 726 (52.9) MIA = minimally invasive autopsy; CA = conventional autopsy