title: Hepatocyte metaplasia in experimental chagasic pancreatitis: preliminary report.
abstract: Beginning the study of chronic pathologic changes in pancreas of hamsters experimentally infected with Trypanosoma cruzi Vic strain, hepatocyte metaplasia was observed in one animal from infected group. This is the first report of oncocytes in Chagas' disease, which could be due to aberrant regenerative response to pancreas inflammatory process.
authors.affiliation: Departament of Internal Medicine, Triângulo Mineiro Medical School, Uberaba, MG, Brazil. parasito_fmtm@mednet.com.br
authors.forename: V M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Lima
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cabrine-Santos
authors.lastname: Marquez Dd
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lages-Silva
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Matheus
authors.forename: J V
authors.initials: JV
authors.lastname: Oliveira
authors.forename: L E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Ramírez
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D014355:Chagas Disease / Q000473:pathology*; D006224:Cricetinae; D022781:Hepatocytes / Q000473:pathology*; D008679:Metaplasia; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology*