Hepatocyte metaplasia in experimental chagasic pancreatitis: preliminary report.
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.
Santos
V M
VM
Departament of Internal Medicine, Triângulo Mineiro Medical School, Uberaba, MG, Brazil. parasito_fmtm@mednet.com.br
Lima
M A
MA
Cabrine-Santos
M
M
Marquez Dd
Lages-Silva
E
E
Matheus
J M
JM
Oliveira
J V
JV
Ramírez
L E
LE
D000818:Animals; D014355:Chagas Disease / Q000473:pathology*; D006224:Cricetinae; D022781:Hepatocytes / Q000473:pathology*; D008679:Metaplasia; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology*