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Benign and Malignant Neoplasms, Meninges, Rat

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Nervous System

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

Abstract

Benign meningeal neoplasms such as meningiomas and granular cell tumors are characteristically well circumscribed, spherical, gray-white discolored masses or thickenings, intimately connected with the meninges. The meninges over the frontal, parietal, and temporal portion of the cerebrum and the dorsal and lateral portions of the cerebellum are the most frequent anatomic locations for these neoplasms. Averaging less than 3 mm in diameter, benign meningeal neoplasms range from 1 mm to 10 mm. Larger tumors grow by expansion causing compression of the adjacent brain tissue, with sharp demarcation from surrounding tissue and no invasion into the brain parenchyma.

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  1. Kunitoshi Mitsumori
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  1. New England Regional Primate Research Center, Harvard Medical School, One Pine Hill Drive, Southborough, MA, 01772, 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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Mitsumori, K., Stefanski, S.A., Maronpot, R.R. (1988). Benign and Malignant Neoplasms, Meninges, Rat. In: Jones, T.C., Mohr, U., Hunt, R.D. (eds) Nervous System. Monographs on Pathology of Laboratory Animals. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-83516-2_20

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