Difference between revisions of "Pancreas - Parasitic Pathology"
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[http://w3.vet.cornell.edu/nst/nst.asp?Fun=Image&imgID=7515 Image of chronic parasitic(Eurytrema spp.) pancreatitis with fibrosis and atrophy in a cat by Professor J.King] | [http://w3.vet.cornell.edu/nst/nst.asp?Fun=Image&imgID=7515 Image of chronic parasitic(Eurytrema spp.) pancreatitis with fibrosis and atrophy in a cat by Professor J.King] | ||
| − | [http://w3.vet.cornell.edu/nst/nst.asp?Fun=Image&imgID=21359 Image of chronic parasitic granulomas caused by 'Strongylus equinus' by Professor J.King] | + | [http://w3.vet.cornell.edu/nst/nst.asp?Fun=Image&imgID=21359 Image of chronic parasitic granulomas caused by ''Strongylus equinus'' by Professor J.King] |
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Image of chronic parasitic granulomas caused by Strongylus equinus by Professor J.King
- Parasites become important if they occlude the pancreatic duct directly or induce inflammation
- Commonly caused by flukes of families Opisthorchidae and Dicrocoelidae when present in large numbers and overspill from the billiary tract
- Nematodes, particularly ascarids, and cestodes occasionally lodge within pancreatic ducts
- In pigs, Stephanurus dentatus can form cysts in the pancreas after migration through the liver
- Parasites tend to cause chronic interstitial pancreatitis
- Tend to destroy acinar tissue, islets of Langerhans being unaffected