Erythrocytes within pancreatic B-cells of corticosteroid-treated mice.
An ultrastructural study of the endocrine pancreas of female ICR mice that received 21 daily injections of the synthetic glucocorticoid, Triamcinolone diacetate (8 mg/kg b.wt) revealed some examples of microhaemorrhage within islets of Langerhans, extravasation of erythrocytes, and the presence of erythrocytes within B-cells, where they undergo degradation to form myelin-like configurations.
D000818:Animals; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D005260:Female; D007515:Islets of Langerhans / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D051379:Mice; D008813:Mice, Inbred ICR; D014221:Triamcinolone / Q000494:pharmacology*
D014221:Triamcinolone