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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Sep 2.
Published in final edited form as: Mod Pathol. 2010 Sep 24;24(2):256–266. doi: 10.1038/modpathol.2010.181

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Representative images of acinar-to-ductal metaplasia. a-d) Isolated acinar-to-ductal metaplasia. Metaplastic acinar-to-ductal metaplasia cells make luminal structures. Some metaplastic cells contain eosinophilic cytoplasmic granules which are characteristic of acinar cells. E-h) PanIN-associated acinar-to-ductal metaplasias. Metaplastic cells contain supranuclear mucin, others have eosinophilic cytoplasmic granules. g) Higher magnification of h. h) Shows spectrum from normal acini, isolated acinar-to-ductal metaplasias, PanIN-associated acinar-to-ductal metaplasias, and PanIN (arrows).