Reproductive System, Male

Epididymis, Epithelium - Degeneration

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    Epididymis, Epithelium - Degeneration. Sloughed epididymal epithelium in the duct lumen in a B6C3F1 mouse from a chronic study.
    Epididymis, Epithelium - Degeneration. Sloughed epididymal epithelium in the duct lumen in a B6C3F1 mouse from a chronic study.
    Epididymis, Epithelium - Degeneration. Higher magnification of Figure 1 showing a focal area of cellular degeneration of epithelial sloughing (arrow) in a B6C3F1 mouse from a chronic study.
    Epididymis, Epithelium - Degeneration. Higher magnification of Figure 1 showing a focal area of cellular degeneration of epithelial sloughing (arrow) in a B6C3F1 mouse from a chronic study.
    Epididymis, Epithelium - Degeneration. Attenuation and sloughing of epididymal epithelium in the epididymis of a rat. (Photograph courtesy of D. Creasy).
    Epididymis, Epithelium - Degeneration. Attenuation and sloughing of epididymal epithelium in the epididymis of a rat. (Photograph courtesy of D. Creasy).
    Epididymis, Epithelium - Degeneration. Higher magnification of Figure 3 showing attenuated epithelial lining and sloughed epithelial cells in the epididymis of a rat. (Photograph courtesy of D. Creasy.)
    Epididymis, Epithelium - Degeneration. Higher magnification of Figure 3 showing attenuated epithelial lining and sloughed epithelial cells in the epididymis of a rat. (Photograph courtesy of D. Creasy.)

    Authors:

    Dianne M. Creasy, PhD, Dip RCPath, FRCPath
    Dianne Creasy Consulting LLC
    Pipersville, PA

    Robert R. Maronpot, DVM, MS, MPH, DACVP, DABT, FIATP
    Senior Pathologist
    Experimental Pathology Laboratories, Inc.
    Research Triangle Park, NC

    Dipak K. Giri, DVM, PhD, DACVP
    Toxicologic Pathologist
    Integrated Laboratory Systems, Inc.
    Research Triangle Park, NC

    Reviewers:

    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

    David E. Malarkey DVM, PhD, DACVP, FIATP
    Head, National Toxicology Program Pathology Group
    Cellular and Molecular Pathology Branch
    Division of the National Toxicology Program
    National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
    Research Triangle Park, NC