Reproductive System, Female

Uterus - Inflammation

    Narrative
    Uterus - Inflammation, Suppurative in a female B6C3F1/N mouse from a chronic study. An area of suppurative inflammation is present in the myometrium, with many degenerating neutrophils.
    Uterus - Inflammation, Suppurative in a female B6C3F1/N mouse from a chronic study. An area of suppurative inflammation is present in the myometrium, with many degenerating neutrophils.
    Uterus - Inflammation, Suppurative in a female B6C3F1/N mouse from a chronic study (higher magnification of Figure 1). A collection of intact and degenerating neutrophils is present in the uterus.
    Uterus - Inflammation, Suppurative in a female B6C3F1/N mouse from a chronic study (higher magnification of Figure 1). A collection of intact and degenerating neutrophils is present in the uterus.
    Uterus - Inflammation, Suppurative in a female B6C3F1/N mouse in a chronic study. A focal aggregation of degenerating neutrophils is present in the endometrium.
    Uterus - Inflammation, Suppurative in a female B6C3F1/N mouse in a chronic study. A focal aggregation of degenerating neutrophils is present in the endometrium.
    Uterus - Inflammation, Suppurative in a female B6C3F1/N mouse in a chronic study (higher magnification of Figure 3). There is an aggregation of dead and dying neutrophils in the uterus.
    Uterus - Inflammation, Suppurative in a female B6C3F1/N mouse in a chronic study (higher magnification of Figure 3). There is an aggregation of dead and dying neutrophils in the uterus.
    Uterus - Inflammation, Chronic active in a female F344/N rat from a chronic study. A focal area of chronic active inflammation is present in the endometrium.
    Uterus - Inflammation, Chronic active in a female F344/N rat from a chronic study. A focal area of chronic active inflammation is present in the endometrium.
    Uterus - Inflammation, Chronic active in a female F344/N rat from a chronic study (higher magnification of Figure 5). There are lymphocytes, neutrophils, and occasional macrophages in the endometrium.
    Uterus - Inflammation, Chronic active in a female F344/N rat from a chronic study (higher magnification of Figure 5). There are lymphocytes, neutrophils, and occasional macrophages in the endometrium.
    Uterus - Inflammation, Granulomatous in a female B6C3F1/N mouse from a chronic study. An area of granulomatous inflammation is present in the uterus adjacent to the cervix.
    Uterus - Inflammation, Granulomatous in a female B6C3F1/N mouse from a chronic study. An area of granulomatous inflammation is present in the uterus adjacent to the cervix.
    Uterus - Inflammation, Granulomatous in a female B6C3F1/N mouse from a chronic study (higher magnification of Figure 7). There is an accumulation of macrophages, giant cells, and abundant sterol clefts.
    Uterus - Inflammation, Granulomatous in a female B6C3F1/N mouse from a chronic study (higher magnification of Figure 7). There is an accumulation of macrophages, giant cells, and abundant sterol clefts.

    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