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Inflammation, Pituitary Gland: Rat, Mouse, and Hamster

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Endocrine System

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

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Inflammatory cell infiltrations of the pituitary gland, by extension from the meninges, usually produce no gross alterations; pituitary gland involvement in these cases is detected by histopathologic examination. Severe, suppurative inflammation leading to abscess formation may produce enlargement and distortion of the gland, however.

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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. William W. Carlton 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). Inflammation, Pituitary Gland: Rat, Mouse, and Hamster. 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_14

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