Histologic Findings and Amylase Contents of the Pancreas and Parotid Gland of Rats with Experimental Peritonitis or Ileus

Abstract

Histologic examination and measurement of amylase content of the pancreas and parotid gland were done on rats with peritonitis or ileus. Histologic findings and amylase content of the parotid gland were normal when the pancreas remained histologically normal in these conditions; while pathologic changes and low amylase content of the parotid gland were brought about when histopathologic findings of the pancreas was induced by peritonitis or ileus experimentally produced. There was no significant relation between serum amylase levels and the grade of histopathologic changes of the pancreas in rats with peritonitis or ileus.