Cancer refers to a group of diseases that are defined by abnormal cell proliferation and can spread other parts the body. Pancreatic cancer originates in organ behind lower stomach called pancreas. The pancreas secretes digestive enzymes as well hormones help regulate sugar metabolism. Pancreas is usually discovered late, spreads quickly, has poor prognosis. Cancer-specific symptoms may not app...

Portal annular pancreas is a rare pancreatic variant in which the uncinate process of the pancreas extends and fuses to the dorsal surface of the body of the pancreas by surrounding the portal vein. It is asymptomatic, but it can be mistaken for a pancreatic head mass on imaging and could also have serious consequences during pancreatic surgery, if unrecognized. We report this case of a 53-year...

I N I~~~APRELIMINARY~~~O~~ (I) wasmade from this laboratory that the feeding of autoclaved beef pancreas was effective in relieving and in preventing fatty infiltration of the liver and other manifestations of lipocaic deficiency in depancreatized dogs and in animals with ligated pancreatic ducts. Autoclaved liver, brain and salivary glands were found to be ineffective under similar conditions....

Solid pseudopapillary tumor of the pancreas is a rare entity, more frequent in women between 2nd and 4th decades. The diagnosis usually incidental it can be reached by computed tomography or magnetic resonance imaging. Subsequent pathological confirmation necessary for an adequate treatment. A retrospective study six cases was carried out. All patients were female, 14 56 years age, which 50% fi...

The pancreas plays a critical role in the control of nutritional homeostasis. It consists of two major parts, the exocrine pancreas, which releases digestive enzymes; and the endocrine pancreas, which releases hormones such as insulin, glucagon, pancreatic polypeptide and somatostatin and maintains glucose homeostasis. Cells in the endocrine pancreas are organized in pancreatic clusters of cell...

To determine the origin of the ventral pancreas, a fate map of the ventral pancreas was constructed using DiI crystal or CM-DiI to mark regions of the early chick endoderm: this allowed correlations to be established between specific endoderm sites and the positions of their descendants. First, the region lateral to the 7- to 9-somite level, which has been reported to contribute to the ventral ...

As initial steps in studying the cell-free biosynthesis of guinea pig pancreas ribonuclease, we have developed an ion exchange procedure for its isolation and have analyzed the various subcellular fractions with this technique. This cytological approach was independently applied in studies on the ribonuclease of mouse pancreas (1). Earlier studies on the pancreas of several species have indicat...

Pancreas after kidney (PAK) transplantation is one of the accepted pancreas transplant modalities. We studied the impact of time interval between kidney and pancreas transplantation on the outcomes of PAK transplantation. Using OPTN/SRTR data, we included 1853 PAK transplants performed between 1996 and 2005 with follow-up until November 1, 2008. Kaplan-Meier survival and multivariate Cox regres...

The position and number of preganglionic somata innervating the insulin-secreting beta-cells of the endocrine pancreas were investigated in Wistar rats. This question was approached by comparing the innervation of the pancreas of normal rats with the innervation of the pancreas in alloxan-induced diabetic animals. The presumption was made that alloxan treatment destroys the beta-cells of the is...