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Adenoma and Carcinoma, Pancreatic Islets, Rat

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Endocrine System

Part of the book series: Monographs on Pathology of Laboratory Animals ((LABORATORY))

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Adenomas of the pancreatic islets may not be visible grossly, or they may occur as pale to reddish, usually spherical nodules 3-5 mm or more in diameter within the pancreas. Carcinomas may appear grossly as round or irregular flesh-colored to dark red nodules up to 10 mm or more in diameter. Larger and more aggressive carcinomas on rare occasions may present as diffusely infiltrative masses which involve the duodenum or other abdominal organs.

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  1. Southern Research Institute, Birmingham, Alabama, USA

    James E. Heath (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). Adenoma and Carcinoma, Pancreatic Islets, 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_44

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