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Pheochromocytoma, Adrenal Medulla, Rat

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Endocrine System

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

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Medullary tumors may be too small to alter the gross appearance of the glands, or they may cause unilateral or bilateral enlargement. The cut surface of the medulla may have a nodular outline and may be fleshy white or reddish-brown due to an extensive vascular network in the tumor. Metastases of malignant pheochromocytomas occur rarely and are usually discovered only upon microscopic examination (Coleman et al. 1977; Anderson and Capen 1978; Goodman et al. 1979; Altman and Goodman 1979).

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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). Pheochromocytoma, Adrenal Medulla, 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_6

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