The journal Autopsy and Case Reports is a publication edited by the Hospital Universitário of the University of São Paulo (HU USP). It aims at publishing original case reports, scientific articles and clinical or experimental studies that will contribute to the development of clinical thinking skills, diagnostic methods, management, classification, and treatment of diseases. Articles should be related to academic autopsies, clinical cases or surgical pathology focusing on the clinical-pathologic-radiologic correlation, with excellent image documentation. The publication aims at disseminating information and scientific knowledge. Articles sessions include: letters to the editor, Image in Focus, original articles with reports of autopsies and clinical cases, surgical pathology cases and clinical studies; including the most important results of the study and analysis with contextualized discussion of the current literature.