Reproductive System, Female

Uterus - Decidual Reaction

    Narrative
    Uterus - Decidual reaction in a female F344/N rat from a chronic study. There is an area of decidual reaction in the uterus.
    Uterus - Decidual reaction in a female F344/N rat from a chronic study (higher magnification of Figure 1). There are large stromal cells with abundant eosinophilic cytoplasm.
    Uterus - Decidual reaction in a female F344/N rat from a chronic study. There is a localized area of proliferation of the myometrium with decidual change.
    Uterus - Decidual reaction in a female F344/N rat from a chronic study (higher magnification of Figure 3). There are large rounded stromal cells with abundant eosinophilic cytoplasm.

    Authors

    Gabrielle Willson, BVMS, Dip RC Path, FRC Path, MRCVS
    Senior Pathologist
    Experimental Pathology Laboratories, Inc.
    Research Triangle Park, NC

    Karen Y. Cimon, DVM, MS
    Senior Pathologist
    Experimental Pathology Laboratories, Inc.
    Research Triangle Park, NC

    Reviewers

    Karen S. Regan, DVM, DABT, DACVP
    Pathologist
    Regan Path/Tox Services, Inc.
    Ashland, OH  

    Darlene Dixon, DVM, PhD, DACVP, Fellow, IATP
    Group Leader, Molecular Pathogenesis Group
    National Toxicology Program Laboratory
    National Toxicology Program
    National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, NC