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A seminoma reported in a rat was described as a soft, tan mass 1 cm in diameter that replaced most of the testicle (Kim et al. 1985).
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Boorman, G.A., Rehm, S., Waalkes, M.P., Elwell, M.R., Eustis, S.L. (1987). Seminoma, Testis, 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_29
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