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Adenomas of the pancreatic islets may not be visible grossly, or they may occur as pale to reddish, usually spherical nodules 3-5 mm or more in diameter within the pancreas. Carcinomas may appear grossly as round or irregular flesh-colored to dark red nodules up to 10 mm or more in diameter. Larger and more aggressive carcinomas on rare occasions may present as diffusely infiltrative masses which involve the duodenum or other abdominal organs.
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Heath, J.E. (1996). Adenoma and Carcinoma, Pancreatic Islets, Rat. In: Jones, T.C., Capen, C.C., Mohr, U. (eds) Endocrine System. Monographs on Pathology of Laboratory Animals. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-60996-1_44
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