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Pituitary gland gangliocytomas may not be grossly visible. Larger tumors may appear as flesh colored or brown nodules up to 3 mm in diameter. The tumors are not known to infiltrate adjacent structures.
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Heath, J.E. (1996). Gangliocytoma, Pituitary Gland, Rat. In: Jones, T.C., Capen, C.C., Mohr, U. (eds) Endocrine System. Monographs on Pathology of Laboratory Animals. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-60996-1_11
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