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IPLab:Lab 5:Hemochromatosis

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File:IPLab5Hemochromatosis8.jpg|This higher-power view of liver stained with Prussian blue demonstrates the marked accumulation of iron within the parenchymal cells (1) and in the Kupffer cells in the periportal area (2).
File:IPLab5Hemochromatosis9.jpg|This is a gross picture of pancreas from this case. Note the brown discoloration of the tissue.
File:IPLab5Hemochromatosis19IPLab5Hemochromatosis10.jpg|This is a histologic section of pancreas from this case. It is difficult to appreciate at this magnification, but there is brown pigment in the pancreatic acinar cells. Note the islets of Langerhans (1).
File:IPLab5Hemochromatosis11.jpg|This is a histologic section of pancreas from this case stained for iron (Prussian blue). Note the accumulation of iron in the parenchymal cells (1). There is also iron in the pancreatic islets (2).
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