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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 from Cornell Veterinary Medicine]
 
 
[http://w3.vet.cornell.edu/nst/nst.asp?Fun=Image&imgID=21359 Image of chronic parasitic granulomas caused by ''Strongylus equinus'' from Cornell Veterinary Medicine]
 
 
 
 
*Parasites become important if they occlude the pancreatic duct directly or induce inflammation
 
*Commonly caused by [[Trematodes|flukes]] of families Opisthorchidae and Dicrocoelidae when present in large numbers and overspill from the billiary tract
 
*[[Nematodes]], particularly [[Ascaridoidea|ascarids]], and [[Cestodes|cestodes]] occasionally lodge within pancreatic ducts
 
*In pigs, [[Strongyloidea|''Stephanurus dentatus'']] can form cysts in the pancreas after migration through the [[Liver - Anatomy & Physiology|liver]]
 
*Parasites tend to cause [[Pancreatitis|chronic interstitial pancreatitis]]
 
*Tend to destroy acinar tissue, [[Pancreas - Anatomy & Physiology#Endocrine|islets of Langerhans]] being unaffected
 
 
 
<big>[[Healing and Repair - Pathology#The Pancreas|'''Healing of pancreas - general pathology''']]</big>
 
[[Category:Pancreas_-_Pathology]]
 
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