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Adenoma, Adrenal Cortex, Rat

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Endocrine System

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The smallest and earliest lesions are not seen with the naked eye. Large hyperplasias and adenomas, indistinguishable grossly, occur as discrete nodular swellings within the cortex of the adrenal gland. The enlarged cortex may be the same color, paler yellow, or darker than the surrounding cortex.

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

    Thomas Carlyle Jones D.V.M., D.Sc. (Professor of Comparative Pathology) (Professor of Comparative Pathology)

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

    Ulrich Mohr

  3. New England Regional Primate Research Center, Harvard Medical School, 01772, Southborough, MA, USA

    Ronald Duncan Hunt D.V.M. (Professor of Comparative Pathology) (Professor of Comparative Pathology)

  4. Ohio State University, 43210, Columbus, OH, USA

    Charles C. Capen D.V.M., Ph.D. (Professor of Pathobiology and Endocrinology) (Professor of Pathobiology and Endocrinology)

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Strandberg, J.D. (1983). Adenoma, Adrenal Cortex, Rat. In: Jones, T.C., Mohr, U., Hunt, R.D., Capen, C.C. (eds) Endocrine System. Monographs on Pathology of Laboratory Animals. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-96720-7_11

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