Special Senses System

Harderian Gland - Cyst

    Narrative
    Harderian gland - Cyst in a male B6C3F1 mouse from a chronic study. Cysts (arrow) consisting of large, widely distended, multiloculated spaces filled with variable amounts of pale amorphous secretory material.
    Harderian gland - Cyst in a male B6C3F1 mouse from a chronic study (higher magnification of Figure 1). The epithelium lining the cyst is flattened.

    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