Cardiovascular System

Blood Vessel - Thrombus

    Narrative
    Lung, Artery - Thrombus in a female F344/N rat from a subchronic study. There is an aggregate of eosinophilic, fibrillary material within a pulmonary artery (arrow).
    Lung, Artery - Thrombus in a female F344/N rat from a subchronic study. There is an aggregate of eosinophilic, fibrillary material within a pulmonary artery (arrow).
    Lung, Artery - Thrombus in a female F344/N rat from a subchronic study. A thrombus containing a large number of erythrocytes is present in a pulmonary artery.
    Lung, Artery - Thrombus in a female F344/N rat from a subchronic study. A thrombus containing a large number of erythrocytes is present in a pulmonary artery.
    Aorta - Thrombus in a female F344/N rat from a subchronic study. This thrombus is attached to the aortic valve (arrow).
    Aorta - Thrombus in a female F344/N rat from a subchronic study. This thrombus is attached to the aortic valve (arrow).

    Authors:

    Crystal L. Johnson, DVM, DACVP
    Veterinary Pathologist II
    Charles River Laboratories, Inc.
    Research Triangle Park, NC

    Abraham Nyska, DVM, Diplomate ECVP, Fellow IATP
    Expert in Toxicologic Pathology
    Visiting Full Professor of Pathology
    Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University Timrat Israel

    Reviewers:

    Paul W. Snyder, DVM, PhD, Diplomate ACVP, Fellow IATP
    Manager, EPL Midwest
    Senior Pathologist
    Experimental Pathology Laboratories, Inc. 
    West Lafayette, IN

    Mark F. Cesta, DVM, PhD, DACVP
    Staff Scientist, NTP Pathologist
    Cellular and Molecular Pathology Branch
    Division of the National Toxicology Program
    National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
    Research Triangle Park, NC