Showing posts with label islets of langerhans. Show all posts
Showing posts with label islets of langerhans. Show all posts

Saturday, June 2, 2012

Pancreas

Histology

The dark staining exocrine pancreatic lobules surrounding an islets of langerhans. A duct is seen in right.
Islet of Langerhans

Neoplasms

Solid pseudopapillary neoplasm

A rare pancreatic tumor of young women


Cut surface is a blackish cyst
Showing normal pancreas (left) with neoplasm in right
Solid pseudopapilary neoplasm

Acute Pancreatitis
Blackened pancreas

Blackened omentum around pancreas

Fat necrosis around pancreas

Left - pancreas; right - saponified fat




Saponification

Next generation sequencing: Part 1

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