Reproductive System, Female

Ovary - Pigment

    Narrative
    Ovary - Pigment in a female B6C3F1/N mouse from a chronic study. Scattered foci of pigment are present throughout ovarian parenchyma.
    Ovary - Pigment in a female B6C3F1/N mouse from a chronic study. Scattered foci of pigment are present throughout ovarian parenchyma.
    Ovary - Pigment in a female B6C3F1/N mouse from a chronic study (higher magnification of Figure 1). Pale-staining, foamy material is present in the cytoplasm of clusters of interstitial cells and/or macrophages in the ovarian parenchyma.
    Ovary - Pigment in a female B6C3F1/N mouse from a chronic study (higher magnification of Figure 1). Pale-staining, foamy material is present in the cytoplasm of clusters of interstitial cells and/or macrophages in the ovarian parenchyma.
    Ovary - Pigment in a female B6C3F1/N mouse from a chronic study. There are areas of brown pigment in the ovary.
    Ovary - Pigment in a female B6C3F1/N mouse from a chronic study. There are areas of brown pigment in the ovary.
    Ovary - Pigment in a female B6C3F1/N mouse from a chronic study (higher magnification of Figure 3). There is brown pigment in the interstitial cells of the ovary.
    Ovary - Pigment in a female B6C3F1/N mouse from a chronic study (higher magnification of Figure 3). There is brown pigment in the interstitial cells of the ovary.

    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