[Clinician-oriented and cytology-oriented autopsy. III. The pancreas]

The autopsy is performed with multiple purposes such as medical education, searching direct cause of the death and researches. The first purpose of the autopsy is, however, a service for clinicians. The dissection technic should be determined to present the best clinical-pathological correlation of the lesions. In addition to the careful evaluation of the gross lesions of the pancreas, Smears (Imprints) of the lesions are most useful to make initial pathological diagnoses during autopsy examination. Multiple photographs illustrate both the gross pathological lesions and cytological data of the pancreas.