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#REDIRECT[[:Category:Pancreas - Pathology]]
 
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==[[Pancreas, Endocrine - Degenerative Pathology]]==
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==Neoplasia==
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===[[Insulin Secreting Neoplasms]]===
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[[Insulinoma]]
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===Carcinomas===
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*Larger than adenomas
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*Multilobular
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*Invasive into parenchyma and surrounding tissue
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*Metastasis into [[Lymph Nodes - Anatomy & Physiology|lymph nodes]], [[Liver - Anatomy & Physiology|liver]] mesentery, omentum
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*Few mitotic figures
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===Gastrinoma===
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[http://w3.vet.cornell.edu/nst/nst.asp?Fun=Image&imgID=7762 Image of pancreatic garstrinoma in a dog from Cornell Veterinary Medicine]
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*Described in dogs, cats
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*Known as Zollinger-Ellison syndrome in humans
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*Uncommon compared to beta cell neoplasms
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*Excess gastrin causes hyperacidity in the stomach and mucosal hyperplasia of the antral region causing gastric and [[Duodenum - Anatomy & Physiology|duodenal]] ulceration
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====Clinical signs====
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*Anorexia
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*Severe weight loss
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*[[Control of Feeding - Anatomy & Physiology#The Vomit Reflex|Vomiting]]
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*[[Diarrhoea]]
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*Dehydration
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====Pathology====
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*Multiple variably sized neoplasms
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*Increased connective tissue mass - firm
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*Partiallty encapsulated
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*Invade locally
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*Metastases to [[Liver - Anatomy & Physiology|liver]] and local lymph nodes are common
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===Glucagonoma===
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*Very rare
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*Characterised by
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**Hyperglycaemia
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**Vacuolar hepatopathy
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**Skin erythema with superficial necrotising dermatitis
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*Diagnosis in dogs is difficult as presents together with [[DM|DM]]
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