Special Senses System

Eye, Cornea - Necrosis

    Narrative
    Eye, Cornea - Necrosis in a female F344/N rat from a chronic study. There are shrunken, hypereosinophilic, necrotic cells (arrows) and corneal epithelial hyperplasia.
    Eye, Cornea - Necrosis in a female F344/N rat from a chronic study (higher magnification of Figure 1). Shrunken, hypereosinophilic, necrotic cells (arrows) are present in the hyperplastic corneal epithelium.

    Author

    Margarita M. Gruebbel, DVM, PhD, DACVP
    Senior Pathologist
    Experimental Pathology Laboratories, Inc.
    Research Triangle Park, NC

    Reviewers

    Ruth E. Hurley, DVM, PHD, DACVP
    Senior Veterinary Pathologist
    Huntingdon Life Sciences
    North Brunswick, NJ

    Robert R. Maronpot, DVM, MS, MPH, DACVP, DABT, FIATP
    Senior Pathologist
    Experimental Pathology Laboratories, Inc.
    Research Triangle Park, NC