Reproductive System, Male

Testis, Seminiferous Tubule - Vacuolation

    Narrative
    Testis, Seminiferous tubule - Vacuolation in a male Harlan Sprague-Dawley rat from a reproductive and continuous breeding study. Vacuolation in basal Sertoli cell cytoplasm (arrows). PAS stain.
    Testis, Seminiferous tubule - Vacuolation in a control male Harlan Sprague-Dawley rat. Seminiferous tubules vacuoles (arrows). (Photograph courtesy of Dr. 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