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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Gastroenterology. 2022 Apr 7;163(2):386–402.e1. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2022.03.056

Figure 1.

Figure 1.

Precancerous neoplasia in the pancreas. (A) Low-grade PanINs involve the pancreatic ducts. They have apical mucin and mild cytologic atypia, with the nuclei still retaining their polarity. (B) High-grade PanIN shows increase architectural and cytologic atypia, which architectural complexity, nuclear pleomorphism, and loss of nuclear polarity. (C) Invasive PDAC shows severe architectural and cytologic atypia with a striking desmoplastic response in the stroma.