Difference between revisions of "Pancreas"

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**Islets usu. preserved better than acini.<ref name=Ref_Klatt225>{{Ref Klatt|225}}</ref>
**Islets usu. preserved better than acini.<ref name=Ref_Klatt225>{{Ref Klatt|225}}</ref>
*Intraluminal mucoprotein plugs.
*Intraluminal mucoprotein plugs.
Images:
*[http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case651.html Autoimmune pancreatitis / IgG4 sclerosing disease - several images (upmc.edu)].


====Adenocarcinoma vs. pancreatitis====
====Adenocarcinoma vs. pancreatitis====
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**Irregular ducts.
**Irregular ducts.
**Random distribution of ducts/non-lobular arrangement.
**Random distribution of ducts/non-lobular arrangement.
Images:
*[http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case651.html Autoimmune pancreatitis / IgG4 sclerosing disease - several images (upmc.edu)].


===IHC===
===IHC===
*IgG4 +ve plasma cells -- IgG4 sclerosing disease.
*IgG4 +ve plasma cells -- IgG4 sclerosing disease.
To exclude pancreatic carcinoma:<ref name=pmid15725808>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Hornick | first1 = JL. | last2 = Lauwers | first2 = GY. | last3 = Odze | first3 = RD. | title = Immunohistochemistry can help distinguish metastatic pancreatic adenocarcinomas from bile duct adenomas and hamartomas of the liver. | journal = Am J Surg Pathol | volume = 29 | issue = 3 | pages = 381-9 | month = Mar | year = 2005 | doi =  | PMID = 15725808 }}</ref> (???)
*p53 -ve.
*Mesothelin -ve.


=Cystic lesions - overview=
=Cystic lesions - overview=
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