Spontaneous tumors in athymic rats

Solov'ev, I.N.; Revazova, E.S.

Biulleten' Eksperimental'noi Biologii i Meditsiny 99(5): 603

1985


ISSN/ISBN: 0365-9615
PMID: 3839145
Document Number: 251461
Three cases of spontaneous tumors (one benign and two malignant) are reported in nude rats bred at the All-Union Cancer Research Center, Academy of Medical Sciences of the USSR. An eight-month-old rat developed a sebaceous adenoma in the region of the abdomen. The other one-year old rat developed hemoblastosis with infiltrations in the lung, liver, kidneys, spleen, and lymph nodes. A 4-month-old rat developed colloidal (follicular) thyroid cancer.

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