Respiratory System

Lung - Ulceration

    Narrative
    Lung, Bronchus - Ulceration in a male Wistar Han rat from an acute study. A ribbon of necrotic tissue is adjacent to the bronchial surface, which has lost its epithelial cells.
    Lung, Bronchus - Ulceration in a male Wistar Han rat from an acute study. A ribbon of necrotic tissue is adjacent to the bronchial surface, which has lost its epithelial cells.
    Lung, Bronchus - Ulceration in a male Wistar Han rat from an acute study. Some early regenerative changes are visible in the adjacent epithelium (arrows).
    Lung, Bronchus - Ulceration in a male Wistar Han rat from an acute study. Some early regenerative changes are visible in the adjacent epithelium (arrows).

    Authors

    Mark F. Cesta, DVM, PhD, DACVP
    Staff Scientist/NTP Pathologist
    NTP Pathology Group
    National Toxicology Program
    National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
    Research Triangle Park, NC


    Darlene Dixon, DVM, PhD, DACVP
    Group Leader
    Molecular Pathogenesis Group
    National Toxicology Program
    National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
    Research Triangle Park, NC


    Ronald A. Herbert, DVM, PhD
    Group Leader/NTP Pathologist
    Pathology Support Group
    National Toxicology Program
    National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
    Research Triangle Park, NC


    Lauren M. Staska, DVM, PhD, DACVP
    Senior Pathologist
    WIL Research
    Hillsborough, NC

    Reviewers

    Gary A. Boorman, DVM, PhD, DACVP, DABT, DACLAM
    Pathologist
    Covance Laboratories, Inc.
    Chantilly, VA

    Robert C. Sills, DVM, PhD, FIATP
    Chief, Cellular and Molecular Pathology Branch
    National Toxicology Program
    National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, NC