Open AccessDETECTION OF HBsAg IN THE PANCREAS
Author(s) -
Yoshimura Makoto,
Sakurai Isamu,
Shimoda Toshihiko,
Abe Kenji,
Okano Tadao,
Shikata Toshio
Publication year - 1981
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.1440-1827.1981.tb02767.x
Subject(s) - hbsag , pathology , pancreas , autopsy , cytoplasm , medicine , hepatitis b virus , endocrine system , lesion , antigen , virus , biology , virology , immunology , biochemistry , hormone
Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) has been reported to be present in other organs than the liver. 3,9 So far as our knowledge is concerned, however, any report of cases dealing with pancreatic diseases induced by hepatitis B virus (HBV) has not been described in the English and Japanese literature. We report an autopsy case with a pancreatic lesion characterized by damage of both exocrine and endocrine epithelial cells with inflammatory response, which were immunohistochemically found to be positive for HBsAg, and electron‐microscopically to possess core‐like particles In the nucleus and cytoplasm.