Reproductive System, Female

Vagina - Ulcer

    Narrative
    Vagina - Ulcer in a female Harlan Sprague-Dawley rat from a chronic study. There is a focal area of ulceration of the vagina epithelium.
    Vagina - Ulcer in a female Harlan Sprague-Dawley rat from a chronic study (higher magnification of Figure 1). There is loss of epithelium in a focal area of the vagina.

    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