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Adenocarcinoma, Prostate, Rat

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Genital System

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

Abstract

Some prostatic carcinomas are of microscopic size, but others are so large and embedded in other structures that it is difficult to determine from which accessory sex gland they originate. Grossly detectable carcinomas of the ventral prostate hscvQ been reported in aging ACI/ segHapBR rats (Ward et al. 1980). They are visible as hemorrhagic and pigmented nodular masses. Smaller, grossly visible carcinomas of the dorsolateral prostate are typically located at the base of the seminal vesicle/coagulating gland (Fig. 293). They can be symmetrically located in the middle of the dorsolateral prostate, sometimes surrounding the urethra, or they can be found on one side of this lobe. They are rather firm, multinodular tumors, with occasional central necrosis or hemorrhagic areas.

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  1. New England Regional Primate Research Center, Harvard Medical School, One Pine Hill Drive, 01772, Southborough, MA, USA

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

  2. Institut für Experimentelle Pathologie, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Konstanty-Gutschow-Strasse 8, 3000, Hannover 61, Federal Republic of Germany

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

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Bosland, M.C. (1987). Adenocarcinoma, Prostate, Rat. In: Jones, T.C., Mohr, U., Hunt, R.D. (eds) Genital System. Monographs on Pathology of Laboratory Animals. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-72550-0_38

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