Histochemical, luminescence, and electron-microscopic study of the pancreas in experimental peritonitis

Various forms of diffuse peritonitis in dogs are accompanied by the development of a secondary inflammatory-destructive process in the parenchyma of the pancreas with the typical vascular and enzyme disturbances, and inflammatory, necrobiotic, and local destructive changes of acute pancreatitis. These changes in the pancreas are evidently an important factor in the mortality from peritonitis.