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Acinar Cell Carcinoma, Pancreas, Rat

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Digestive System

Part of the book series: Monographs on Pathology of Laboratory Animals ((LABORATORY,volume 3))

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Abstract

Spontaneous acinar cell carcinoma of the rat pancreas has rarely been described grossly. In one case, confluent yellow to white nodules formed a flattened mass 10 × 5 × 7 mm in the pancreas adjacent to the stomach (Benitz and Roth 1980), while in another case the tumor consisted of firm, glistening, grape-like nodules in the mesentery (Naumann and Kunstyr 1982).

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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. Sanofi Winthrop, Toxicology U.S., Nine Great Valley Parkway, Malvern, PA, 19355, USA

    James A. Popp D.V.M., Ph.D. (International Director of Toxicology, Vice President) (International Director of Toxicology, Vice President)

  3. Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Institut für Experimentelle Pathologie, Konstanty-Gutschow-Strasse 8, 30625, Hannover, Germany

    Ulrich Mohr M.D. (Professor of Experimental Pathology) (Professor of Experimental Pathology)

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Boorman, G.A., Sills, R.C., Eustis, S.L. (1997). Acinar Cell Carcinoma, Pancreas, Rat. In: Jones, T.C., Popp, J.A., Mohr, U. (eds) Digestive System. Monographs on Pathology of Laboratory Animals, vol 3. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-25996-2_40

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