The mouse was histologically diagnosed with a pancreatic cyst. Because of the possibility of other intra-abdominal cystic structures, microscopic examination was used to confirm the diagnosis.

During a routine examination of our department's animal husbandry unit, we found a female Swiss albino mouse with an extremely distended abdomen (Fig. 1). This 6-month-old mouse, which was ...

The transparent rodents aren't alive and they're for research only, to help scientists study fine details of anatomy ... that produced see-through mouse brains made headlines.