Open AccessEOSINOPHILIC GLOBOID BODY OF THE PANCREAS
Author(s) -
Tanaka Kaoru,
Yamaguchi Kazuyoshi
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
acta patholigica japonica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.73
H-Index - 74
ISSN - 0001-6632
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1827.1979.tb00924.x
Subject(s) - pathology , pancreas , eosinophilic , anatomy , medicine , biology
Histological, histochemical and ultrastructural studies of the eosino‐philic globoid body of the human pancreas are described. It had a central cavity surrounded by a collarband measuring approximately 70 pm in diameter and is definitely different from cross section of small arteries. The complex ultrastructure was revealed with electron microscope in the eosino‐philic globoid body. This consisted of various patterns of unit membranes. Some of the bodies are probably derived from the membrane systems of the pancreatic acinar cells. ACTA PATH. JAP. 29: 563–570, 1979.