Clinical Pathology of Pancreatic Disorders.

The Clinical Pathology of Pancreatic Disease

It. should be emphasised that chronic pancreatitis is an uncommon disease. There is an impression among many physicians to-day that it may be more rare than it was; certainly it is diagnosed less frequently than in the past. For instance, in the five years preceding the war, only nine cases at Guy's have been so diagnosed. Ryle considers that the importance of pancreatic disease as a cause of s...

The Clinical Pathology of Pancreatic Disease (excluding Diabetes).

Discussion: Pancreatic Pathology

This section, entitled "Pancreatic Pathology," includes a spectrum of topics on normal and abnormal pancreatic tissue. Specifically, two presentations deal with characterization of cholecystokinin (CCK) receptors on normal tissues. Wank has recently reported the purification, cloning, and expression of the CCKA receptor from rat pancreas, and the article by Miller deals with the biochemical cha...

Pathology of incipient pancreatic cancer.

BACKGROUND An understanding of incipient pancreatic neoplasia is an essential foundation for the future development of effective screening tests for pancreatic cancer. Only when we understand early pancreatic neoplasms will we be able to detect tumors that are curable with surgical resection. METHOD Two approaches have helped define incipient pancreatic neoplasia. First, the histologic examin...

Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Disorders Pathology

Eosinophilic gastrointestinal disorders (EGID) are characterized pathologically by excess eosinophils in mucosal biopsies of one or multiple sites in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract, simultaneously or sequentially. Eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) is the best characterized EGID, and in most patients it is an abnormal immune-mediated response to food antigens. Current recommendations for diagnosis...