Musculoskeletal System

Bone - Cyst

    Narrative
    Bone - Cyst in a female B6C3F1/N mouse from a chronic study. The cyst is expansile and has a thin wall of cortical bone.
    Bone - Cyst in a female B6C3F1/N mouse from a chronic study. The cyst is expansile and has a thin wall of cortical bone.
    Bone - Cyst in a female B6C3F1/N mouse from a chronic study (higher magnification of Figure 1). The bone directly surrounding the cyst has been replaced by fibrous connective tissue.
    Bone - Cyst in a female B6C3F1/N mouse from a chronic study (higher magnification of Figure 1). The bone directly surrounding the cyst has been replaced by fibrous connective tissue.
    Bone - Cyst in a male F344/N rat from a chronic study. The cyst contains large amounts of hemorrhage.
    Bone - Cyst in a male F344/N rat from a chronic study. The cyst contains large amounts of hemorrhage.
    Bone - Cyst in a male F344/N rat from a chronic study. The multilocular bone cyst contains variable amounts of erythrocytes and proteinic material.
    Bone - Cyst in a male F344/N rat from a chronic study. The multilocular bone cyst contains variable amounts of erythrocytes and proteinic material.

    Authors

    Mark J. Hoenerhoff, DVM, PhD, DACVP
    Associate Professor
    In Vivo Animal Core,Unit for Laboratory Animal Medicine
    University of Michigan
    Ann Arbor, MI

    Amy Brix, DVM, PhD, DACVP
    Senior Pathologist
    Experimental Pathology Laboratories, Inc.
    Research Triangle Park, NC

    Reviewers

    Philip H. Long, DVM, PhD, DACVP
    Presiden and Senior Pathologist
    Vet Path Services, Inc.
    Mason, OH

    Joel R. Leininger, DVM, PhD, DACVP
    JRL Consulting, LLC
    Chapel Hill, NC