Introduction Two groups of high-risk individuals (HRI) for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) have been defined. 1) Individuals from familial cancer (FPC) kindreds and 2) with identified genetic syndromes (GS) due to a germline mutation. Screening HRI has proposed identify premalignant lesions early stage malignancy the aim improving outcomes. criteria formulated by number organis...

Heterotopic pancreas is a rare condition and its diagnosis is often difficult. Traditionally the condition is treated by open surgery. We report two young women with symptomatic heterotopic pancreas located in the prepyloric region. In the first patient, upper gastrointestinal endoscopy identified a round sessile lesion with a central umbilication of the mucosa without bleeding and in the secon...

It has been reported "that nifedipline raises the blood sugar level in human volunteers (\). The effect of nifedipine on blodd sugar is not dose dependent (2). Experiments have therefore been performed to investigate long term effect of nifedipine in large dose on the histology of the heart, liver, kidney and pancreas as well as to ascertain whether morphological changes of the beta cells of th...

Histological examination of the amputated tails of 17 hypophysectomized newts revealed abnormal and extremely retarded regenerates; four of them exhibited total inhibition of regeneration. Thus, under the conditions of hypophysectomy, normal tail regeneration does not ensue in the adult Diemictylus viridescens. Also, hypophysectomy adversely affects the normal histology of both the endocrine an...

Teucrium polium can reduce serum glucose. There are few reports in the literature related to this subject and the resolution of this mechanism requires further experiments. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effects of Teucrium polium aerial parts extracts on oral glucose tolerance tests and pancreas histology in streptozocin-induced diabetic rats. In order to prepare the aqueous ...

BACKGROUND Only a limited number of multiple synchronous primary malignancies of the pancreas have been reported in the medical literature. We report a case of two solid malignant tumors of the pancreas diagnosed preoperatively. CASE PRESENTATION We describe a 65-year-old Sri Lankan woman who presented with progressive obstructive jaundice. Initial contrast-enhanced computed tomography imagin...

Variations in the morphology of pancreas are not very common. We observed a rare variant of the uncinate process of the pancreas that extended in the mesentery of the small intestine. After its origin from the lower part of the head of the pancreas, the mesenteric process (MP) passed over the third part of the duodenum to enter the mesentery of the jejunum and ileum and extended up to the level...

The Italian Group of Gastrointestinal Pathologists has named a committee to develop recommendations concerning the surgical pathology report for pancreatic cancer. The committee, formed by individuals with special expertise, wrote the recommendations, which were reviewed and approved by council of the Group. The recommendations are divided into several areas including an informative gross descr...

BACKGROUND In this animal study, we evaluated a modified pancreas perfusion method to improve the quality of harvested pancreas in rats. In this model, the portal vein was used as the outflow route during the pancreas perfusion. METHODS Forty-eight male Wistar rats were randomly divided into study group and control group, with 24 rats in each group. In the study group, the portal vein was use...