Preputial Gland - Mineralization

comment:
Mineralization consists of deposition of irregular amorphous basophilic material (arrows, Figure 1


recommendation:
Mineralization should be recorded and given a severity grade. If both glands are affected, the diagnosis should be qualified as bilateral and the severity based on the more severely affected gland. If it occurs in multiple tissues as a systemic response, it is not necessary to separately diagnose mineralization in the preputial gland. However, its presence in the preputial gland may be mentioned in the pathology narrative.references:
Boorman GA, Elwell MR, Mitsumori K. 1990. Male accessory sex glands, penis, and scrotum. In: Pathology of the Fischer Rat: Reference and Atlas (Boorman GA, Eustis SL, Elwell MR, Montgomery CA, MacKenzie WF, eds). Academic Press, San Diego, 419-428. Abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nlmcatalog/9002563
Gordon LR, Majka JA, Boorman GA. 1996. Spontaneous nonneoplastic and neoplastic lesions and experimentally induced neoplasms of the testes and accessory sex glands. In: Pathobiology of the Aging Mouse, Vol 1 (Mohr U, Dungworth DL, Capen CC, Carlton WW, Sundberg JP, Ward JM, eds). ILSI Press, Washington, DC, 421-441. Abstract: http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008994685
Haines DC, Eustis SL. 1990. Specialized sebaceous glands. In: Pathology of the Fischer Rat: Reference and Atlas (Boorman GA, Eustis SL, Elwell MR, Montgomery CA, MacKenzie WF, eds). Academic Press, San Diego, 279-293. Abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nlmcatalog/9002563
Rudmann D, Cardiff R, Chouinard L, Goodman D, Kuttler K, Marxfeld H, Molinolo A, Treumann S, Yoshizawa K. 2012. Proliferative and nonproliferative lesions of the rat and mouse mammary, Zymbal's, preputial, and clitoral glands. Toxicol Pathol 40:7S-39S. Abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22949413
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