Case Study 1: Endocrinology

A 61 year old man came to hospital because of a sudden attack of severe jaundice and a sharp abdominal pain. Endoscopic examination showed no obstruction in the bile duct just stenosis. Also liver functionality was normal.

Doctors therefore made a biopsy of various abdominal organs to find out what the problem was. One of the slides allowed them to diagnose the problem.

Look at the picture below and answer the following questions:

1. What is the name of the organ you can see in the picture?
2. What are structures identified by numbers 1 to 3?
3. What is the diagnosis?

Fig. 1: What is your histopathological diagnosis?

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