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Craniopharyngioma, Pituitary Gland, Rat

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Endocrine System

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

Abstract

This neoplasm either arises within or invades the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland and causes enlargement of the gland and compression atrophy of the overlying hypothalamus. The neoplasm can have both solid and cystic areas.

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  1. Emeritus Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA

    William W. Carlton D.V.M., Ph.D. (Leslie Morton Hutchings Distinguished Professor of Veterinary Pathology)

  2. Department of Toxicology and Pathology, Eli Lilly and Company, Greenfield, Indiana, USA

    Christian L. Gries D.V.M., Ph.D.

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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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Carlton, W.W., Gries, C.L. (1996). Craniopharyngioma, 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_8

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