Craniopharyngioma in the Mongolian gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus): a case report.
A case of spontaneously occurring infiltrative craniopharyngioma in a laboratory-reared gerbil is reported. The histopathological and ultrastructural features are described.
Guzmán-Silva
M A
MA
Department of Pathology, Hospital Universitario Antonio Pedro, Federal Fluminense University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Rossi
M I
MI
Guimarães
J S
JS
D000818:Animals; D003388:Cranial Fossa, Posterior; D003397:Craniopharyngioma / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D005260:Female; D005849:Gerbillinae; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D012376:Rodent Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D013100:Sphenoid Bone