Description

This is a tumor from a 375 day old female C3H/HeJ mouse. It is composed of whorls and fasicles of spindle shaped cells with elongated nuclei reminiscent of smooth muscle cell nuclei. However, this is a myoepithelioma, a tumor arising from myoepithelial cells, contractile cells within the efferent ducts from exocrine glands. exocrine gland [MA:0002564]

MPATH / Pathology

MPATH 294 - myoepithelioma

Gene

sex

Female

strain

C3H/HeJ

organism

Mouse

EMAP / Embryonic stage, tissue or post-natal age:

99998 - Adult

genotype status

Wild-type

genetic manipulation

None

MA / Anatomical Site

MA 2564 - exocrine gland

Designated Allele Name

Experimental Manipulation

Further info

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Mouse Phenome Database

MPD number: 2007