Ultrastructural, immunohistological, and clinical findings in the pancreas in insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) of long duration

Zentralbl Allg Pathol. 1983;128(3-4):147-59.

Abstract

Electron microscopical and immunohistological findings in small biopsies obtained at surgery from two subjects with longstanding type-I-diabetes [insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM)] are described and demonstrated in relation to clinical data. The main findings are the first electron microscopical demonstration of A cells scattered as single cells in the exocrine pancreatic tissue and the detection of intermediate cells of the acinar-A cell type. Intermediate cells have never been reported before in the pancreas of diabetes in man.

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • C-Peptide / blood
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / pathology*
  • Female
  • Glucagon / blood
  • Glucose Tolerance Test
  • Humans
  • Islets of Langerhans / ultrastructure*
  • Male
  • Microscopy, Electron
  • Middle Aged
  • Pancreas / ultrastructure*

Substances

  • C-Peptide
  • Glucagon