Pancreas                                           Chart

                      
Cell types: Acinar, centroacinar,   α, β, PP, δ cells
 

Differential diagnosis:
 This could be confused with salivary glands which do not have any endocrine (islet) components and their serous demilunes are light staining.

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Diagnostic Features:
a. Tissue is compact (e.g. liver)
b. It consists of glandular tissue judging from rich parenchyma with minimal spaces.
c. The acini are of different shapes and sizes and darkly staining as opposed to salivary gland serous cells which are lightly staining.
d. It contains ductular arrangement consistent with active exocrine function. But also the islands of endocrine, well vascularized cells, which form the islets of Langerhans.

Draw your own section here and make your diagnosis by data base selection below

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Database selection: Practical Tissue Gross

Level 1: Select  compact
Level 2: Select organs-glands from list of sclerous, muscular, connective, organ-glands and nervous tissues.
Level 3: Select spacesmedium.
Level 4: Select ducts.

Can you identify the islet cells and the centroacinar cells?

 

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