Alimentary System

Esophagus - Inflammation

    Narrative
    Esophagus - Inflammation, Suppurative in a female F344/N rat from a subchronic study. Note the bacterial colonies (arrow).
    Esophagus - Inflammation, Suppurative in a female F344/N rat from a subchronic study (higher magnification of Figure 1). Note the bacterial colonies (arrow).
    Esophagus - Inflammation, Suppurative in a male F344/N rat from a chronic study. There is inflammation in the esophagus (asterisk) and in the periesophageal tissue (arrow).
    Esophagus - Inflammation, Suppurative in a male F344/N rat from a chronic study (higher magnification of Figure 3). Suppurative inflammation in the periesophageal tissue.
    Esophagus - Inflammation, Chronic in a female F344/N rat from a chronic study. The inflammation is composed primarily of lymphocytes and plasma cells.
    Esophagus - Inflammation, Chronic in a female F344/N rat from a chronic study (higher magnification of Figure 5). The inflammation is composed primarily of lymphocytes and plasma cells.

    Authors:

    Linda H. Kooistra, DVM, PhD, DACVP
    Pathologist
    Charles River Laboratories, Inc.
    Research Triangle Park, NC

    Abraham Nyska, DVM, Diplomate ECVP, Fellow IATP
    Expert in Toxicologic Pathology
    Visiting Full Professor of Pathology
    Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University Timrat Israel

    Reviewers:

    Joel R. Leininger, DVM, PhD
    Senior Pathologist
    MedImmune
    Washington, DC

    Amy Brix, DVM, PhD, DACVP
    Senior Pathologist
    Experimental Pathology Laboratories, Inc.
    Research Triangle Park, NC