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Gangliocytoma, Pituitary Gland, Rat

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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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  1. Southern Research Institute, Birmingham, Alabama, USA

    James E. Heath D.V.M. (Senior Pathologist)

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  1. ILSI Research Foundation, Harvard Medical School, 1126 Sixteenth Street, N.W., Washington, DC, 20036, USA

    Thomas Carlyle Jones D.V.M., D.Sc. (Professor of Comparative Pathology, Emeritus) (Professor of Comparative Pathology, Emeritus)

  2. Department of Veterinary Biosciences, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, 1925 Coffey Road, Columbus, OH, 43210-1093, USA

    Charles C. Capen D.V.M., Ph.D. (Professor of Veterinary Pathobiology and Chairman, Professor of Endocrinology) (Professor of Veterinary Pathobiology and Chairman, Professor of Endocrinology)

  3. Institut für Experimentelle Pathologie, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Konstanty-Gutschow-Strasse 8, 30625, Hannover, Germany

    Ulrich Mohr M.D. (Professor of Experimental Pathology) (Professor of Experimental Pathology)

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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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