During our systematic examination of the distribution of cytochrome P450 enzymes in the normal and diseased human pancreas, we observed a Pacinian corpuscle in a serial section of a tissue from a pancreatic cancer patient. We report the histologic and immunohistochemical patterns in this corpuscle and review the literature. The Pacinian corpuscle was situated within the pancreas of a 76-year-old woman with cancer in the head of the pancreas. We could demonstrate immunoreactivity within the corpuscle for the neurofilament protein. neuron-specific enolase, S-100 Protein, and for four cytochrome P450-isozymes. The possible function of Pacinian corpuscles in the mammalian and human pancreas is discussed.