Hepatocyte metaplasia in experimental chagasic pancreatitis: preliminary report

Abstract

Beginning the study of chronic pathologic changes in pancreas of hamsters experimentally infected with Trypanosoma cruzi Vic strain, hepatocyte metaplasia was observed in one animal from infected group. This is the first report of oncocytes in Chagas' disease, which could be due to aberrant regenerative response to pancreas inflammatory process.

Keywords

• Hamster
• Experimental Chagas' disease
• Chronic pancreatitis
• Oncocyte
• Hepatocyte metaplasia